Run Chart
What is it?
A run chart is a tool to visualise data over time and is used to determine what type of variation is found in a data set.
Why use it?
It is extremely valuable to visualise data over time, especially when doing Quality Improvement. It is also very important at each stage of a QI project to be able to differentiate between random variation and non-random variation.
How to use it?
Run charts are simple to construct and are essentially a line chart with the median of the data set also displayed.
However, we have developed a template that allows you to do this more easily than creating your own template or using other software.
Template is available here.
There is also a video guide on how to use it.
More information
More detail on run charts: Rocco Perla’s paper