<s>
In	O
statistical	O
quality	O
control	O
,	O
the	O
c-chart	B-Application
is	O
a	O
type	O
of	O
control	B-General_Concept
chart	I-General_Concept
used	O
to	O
monitor	O
"	O
count	O
"	O
-type	O
data	O
,	O
typically	O
total	O
number	O
of	O
nonconformities	O
per	O
unit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
c-chart	B-Application
differs	O
from	O
the	O
p-chart	B-Application
in	O
that	O
it	O
accounts	O
for	O
the	O
possibility	O
of	O
more	O
than	O
one	O
nonconformity	O
per	O
inspection	O
unit	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
(	O
unlike	O
the	O
p-chart	B-Application
and	O
u-chart	B-Application
)	O
it	O
requires	O
a	O
fixed	O
sample	O
size	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
p-chart	B-Application
models	O
"	O
pass	O
"	O
/	O
"	O
fail	O
"	O
-type	O
inspection	O
only	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
c-chart	B-Application
(	O
and	O
u-chart	B-Application
)	O
give	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
distinguish	O
between	O
(	O
for	O
example	O
)	O
2	O
items	O
which	O
fail	O
inspection	O
because	O
of	O
one	O
fault	O
each	O
and	O
the	O
same	O
two	O
items	O
failing	O
inspection	O
with	O
5	O
faults	O
each	O
;	O
in	O
the	O
former	O
case	O
,	O
the	O
p-chart	B-Application
will	O
show	O
two	O
non-conformant	O
items	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
c-chart	B-Application
will	O
show	O
10	O
faults	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
of	O
processes	O
suitable	O
for	O
monitoring	O
with	O
a	O
c-chart	B-Application
include	O
:	O
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