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fishbone diagrams

fishbone diagrams is the plural of fishbone diagram.

Meaning of fishbone diagram

Noun

fishbone diagram (plural fishbone diagrams)

  1. An Ishikawa diagram.
    • The cause-and-effect diagram, or fishbone diagram, is helpful in determining the root causes and effects within a school or district's processes and systems. It can be used to identify the components in the process that are responsible for an existing problem.1995, Jerome S. Arcaro, Quality in Education: An Implementation Handbook, Delray Beach, Fla.: St. Lucie Press, →ISBN, page 133

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What is fishbone diagrams the plural of?
Fishbone diagrams is the plural of fishbone diagram.

Words near fishbone diagrams in the dictionary

  1. fishboats
  2. fishbolt
  3. fishbolts
  4. fishbone
  5. fishbone diagram
  6. fishbone diagrams
  7. fishbones
  8. fishboning
  9. fishborne
  10. Fishbourne
  11. fishbowl

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