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Some specifications may only be one sided (for example, strength). For specifications that only have a lower limit, <MATH>\hat{P}_{p,lower} = {\hat{\mu} - LSL \over 3 \times \hat{\sigma}}</MATH>; for those that only have an upper limit, <MATH>\hat{P}_{p,upper} = {USL - \hat{\mu} \over 3 \times \hat{\sigma}}</MATH>.
 
Practitioners may also encounter <MATH>\hat{P}_{p} = \frac{USL - LSL} {6 \times \hat{\sigma}}</MATH>, a metric that does not account for process performance because it is not exactly centered between the specification limits, and therefore is interpreted as what the process would be capable of achieving if it could be centered and stabilized.
 
==Interpretation==