Description

Run Charts look at trends and patterns over a specific time period and can help identify problems and test for special causes. They can also be used to monitor, compare and predict data trends.

List of methods/tools

Measurement: Run charts

Health Quality Ontario (2013). Measurement for quality improvement. Retrieved from https://www.hqontario.ca/Portals/0/Documents/qi/qi-measurement-primer-en.pdf

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Run chart resources

Vermont Oxford Network (2017). Run chart resources. Retrieved from https://public.vtoxford.org/run-chart-resources/

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The use of control charts by laypeople and hospital decision-makers for guiding decision making

Schmidtke, K. A., Watson, D. G., & Vlaev, I. (2017). The use of control charts by laypeople and hospital decision-makers for guiding decision making. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 70(7), 1114-1128. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2016.1172096

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