{"id":50,"date":"2013-06-28T12:19:56","date_gmt":"2013-06-28T17:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.qetools.com\/qet\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2014-09-05T15:08:33","modified_gmt":"2014-09-05T19:08:33","slug":"getting-started","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.qetools.com\/qet\/support\/getting-started\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Started"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Here&#8217;s how to get started&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>QETools has two different types of tools: \u00a0Templates and Tools which manipulate user-entered data.<\/p>\n<h4>Templates<\/h4>\n<p>For example, you may wish to to start a 6 Sigma project by creating a Project Charter document. \u00a0You can do this in QETools by selecting QETools &gt; Six Sigma Methods &gt; Project Charter Template. \u00a0This will bring up a template that you can fill out at the onset of a project.<\/p>\n<h4>Data-Driven Tools<\/h4>\n<p>QETools is most useful for manipulating or analyzing data using tools commonly used in Six Sigma improvement projects. \u00a0For this it&#8217;s best to have your data in Excel in a format that QETools can use. \u00a0QETools uses a worksheet &#8212; named &#8220;Datasheet&#8221; &#8212; to keep your data and an organized format. \u00a0Then, when running QETools tools, you can select &#8220;variables&#8221; (or columns of data) from the Datasheet. \u00a0For example, you may wish to review summary statistics of a column of data. \u00a0First create a Datasheet by selecting QETools &gt; New Datasheet. \u00a0Enter data or copy\/paste your data from a different source. \u00a0Then\u00a0select QETools &gt; Process Capability Summary &gt; Process Capability Summary &#8211; Normal. \u00a0Select the &#8220;variable(s)&#8221; for analysis which was previously entered on the Datasheet. \u00a0Voila&#8230; QETools will summarize your data.<\/p>\n<p>In this way QETools simplifies analysis of your data using Six Sigma tools and methodologies.<\/p>\n<h4>Sample Data<\/h4>\n<p>QETools comes with a sample data set that you can use to get started evaluating QETools tools. \u00a0Simply click QETools &gt; QETools Help &gt; Sample Data. \u00a0A new workbook will open with a set of data that you can use to explore QETools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s how to get started&#8230; &nbsp; QETools has two different types of tools: \u00a0Templates and Tools which manipulate user-entered data. Templates For example, you may wish to to start a 6 Sigma project by creating a Project Charter document. \u00a0You can do this in QETools by selecting QETools &gt; Six Sigma Methods &gt; Project Charter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":59,"menu_order":20,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-50","page","type-page","status-publish","czr-hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qetools.com\/qet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qetools.com\/qet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qetools.com\/qet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qetools.com\/qet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qetools.com\/qet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.qetools.com\/qet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1290,"href":"https:\/\/www.qetools.com\/qet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50\/revisions\/1290"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qetools.com\/qet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qetools.com\/qet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}