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	'''Control limits''' are horizontal lines drawn on an statistical process control chart, usually at a distance of ±3 standard deviations of the plotted statistic from the statistic's mean.		{{ntnes}}'''Control limits''' are horizontal lines drawn on an statistical process control chart, usually at a distance of ±3 standard deviations of the plotted statistic from the statistic's mean.

	For normally distributed statistics, the area bracketed by the control limits will on average contain 99.73% of all the plot points on the chart, as long as the process is and remains in statistical control.		For normally distributed statistics, the area bracketed by the control limits will on average contain 99.73% of all the plot points on the chart, as long as the process is and remains in statistical control.