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6sig-cloud — Nervous about your Six Sigma exam?

Are you making last minute preparations for your ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB) exam? If so, you’re probably reviewing your notes, hoping that you’re bringing all the right stuff in with you. When I passed my CSSBB on the first attempt, I found that I had GREAT notes with me, and I’d like to share them with you!!

Radziwill_CSSBBNotes_1

Radziwill_CSSBBNotes_2

The attached PDFs contain PRECISELY what I carried with me into the exam, along with a few books and a handful of good habits and good luck charms.

[IMPORTANT NOTE! As of April 20, 2015 I now have a NEW FAVORITE introductory statistics textbook… the one I’ve always dreamed of having, but it just never existed before. But today it does!! <3]

[Note: On February 9, 2015 I also added my Top 10 Statistics Topics for the CSSBB Exam to this blog]

GOOD LUCK! 🙂

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7 responses to “Cramming for Your Six Sigma Black Belt Exam?”

How I Passed My ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB) Exam | Quality and Innovation

October 4, 2012

[…] 2. I took about 10 pages of really good, concise notes. (I’ll share those with you sometime before the end of the year… want to write them up for public consumption.) (Note from October 4, 2012: OK, so I didn’t package them for public consumption, but I did post PDFs of EXACTLY what I brought in with me to the exam.) […]

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How to Pass Your ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB) Exam | Quality and Innovation

October 4, 2012

[…] On October 4, 2012 I posted the notes I brought into the exam. You might want to check them […]

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Ramith

March 4, 2015

Nicole,
Thank you for creating this site! I find your notes, advises, tips and suggestions extremely valuable. One correction I like to point out in your Radziwill_CSSBBNotes_1 PDF, Page 6, the formula should be r squared (coefficient of determination) = 1 – (SSE/SST).
Thanks again!

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Tolgay KIZILELMA

September 26, 2015

Nicole,

I have read your blog, and very much appreciated it. I will be taking my exam on Oct 3rd, 2015. You did mention that you used the Certified Six Sigma Black Belt Handbook, Second Edition as a reference book. I am using that as well, in addition to the primer as everybody does. I got my certified six sigma black belt book 2nd edition (Kubiak Benbow) and I am missing a page on 110, Part V Measure, the bottom portion Fig 20.9 is all messed up during printing. Would it be possible for you to scan that page and email me I’d really appreciate it.

Thanks
Tolgay

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Steven

January 22, 2017

Amazing article Nicole!! On your second PDF file, where did you acquire the images for the assumptions page on the last page of the PDF. Unfortunately it isn’t legible. Thanks, Steve

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1. Nicole Radziwill
  
  January 25, 2017
  
  Hi Steven… looking into it! My notes are from several years ago now but I’m working on new book chapters for an early summer release. It’s got to be on my desk *somewhere*. Stay tuned.
  
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  1. Kyle
    
    April 14, 2021
    
    Hi Nicole,
    Thank you for the info! I am wondering if you ever had a chance to find the last page of Radziwill_CSSBBNotes_2. Can you please send that to me?

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