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The '''seven basic tools of quality''' is a designation given toare a fixed set of graphicalvisual techniquesexercises identified as being most helpful in [[troubleshooting]] issues related to [[quality (business)|quality]].{{sfn|Montgomery|2005|p=148}} They are called ''basic'' because they are suitable for people with little formal training in statistics and because they can be used to solve the vast majority of quality-related issues.{{sfn|Ishikawa|1985|p=198|ps=: "From my past experience as much as ninety percent of all problems within a company can be solved by means of these tools."}}

==Overview==

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The seven basic tools stand in contrast to more advanced statistical methods such as [[survey sampling]], [[acceptance sampling]], [[statistical hypothesis testing]], [[design of experiments]], [[multivariate analysis]], and various methods developed in the field of [[operations research]].{{sfn|Ishikawa|1985|pp=198–199|ps=: "I divide statistical methods into the following three categories according to their level of difficulty. 1. Elementary Statistical Method (the so-called Seven Tools) ... 2. Intermediate Statistical Method ... 3. Advanced Statistical Method (using computers concurrently)".}}

==See also==

* {{annotated link|A3 problem solving}}

* {{annotated link|Eight disciplines problem solving}}

* {{annotated link|Seven management and planning tools}}

==References==