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Оглавление - The ABC of Qualimetry
The Toolkit for Measuring Immeasurable
- About the authors
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Qualimetry in Outline
- 1.1. General Information about Quality and Quality Control
- 1.1.2. The Term Control and Its Difference from Other Similar Terms
- 1.1.3. The Origin, Growth and Future of Qualimetry
- 1.1.3.2. History of Qualimetry: From Aristotle to Our Times
- 1.1.3.3. Qualimetry in Russia Today
- 1.1.3.4. Qualimetry Beyond Russia Today
- 1.1.3.5. The Future of Qualimetry: Developing in Breadth and in Depth
- 1.1.4. Qualimetry: An Independent Scientific Discipline
- 1.1.5. Interrelations of Qualimetry
- 1.1.6. Qualimetry’s Birthplace and Time of Origin Revisited
- Chapter 2. Main Methods of Qualimetry
- 2.2. Main Methods of Qualimetry: Features and Areas of Application
- 2.3. Expert and Non-expert Quality Evaluation Methods: Pros and Cons
- 2.3.2. Non-expert Methods
- 2.3.3. Features of the Expert Quality Evaluation Process
- 2.3.3.1. Forming a Steering Group (SG)
- 2.3.3.2. Formation of a Technical Group (TG)
- 2.3.3.3. Determining the Required Strength of an Expert Group (EG)
- 2.3.3.4. Forming an Expert Group
- 2.3.4. Qualimetric Scales
- 2.3.4.1. Ordinal Scale (Synonym: Rank Scale)
- 2.3.4.2. Interval Scale
- 2.3.4.3. Ratio Scale
- 2.4. Quality Assessment Algorithm
- 2.5. Defining the Evaluation Context
- 2.5.2. Questions Regarding Features of Application / Use / Operation / Consumption of Objects of the Kind Being Evaluated
- 2.5.2.2. Must the Possibility of a Future Modernisation of the Object Be Taken into Account?
- 2.5.2.3. What Is the Life of an Object to be Centred On: Its Depreciation Period, Obsolescence Period or Both?
- 2.5.2.4. What Groups of People Contacting with the Object Must Be Taken into Consideration in Quality Evaluation?
- 2.5.2.5. What Is the Place of the Evaluation Object in the Dimensional Classification?
- 2.5.2.6. Which Climatic and Natural Conditions Affect the Quality of an Object and Thus Must be Taken into Account in Its Evaluation?
- 2.5.2.7. What Properties of an Object Reflecting Its Environmental Impact Must Be Considered in Evaluating Its Quality?
- 2.5.3. Features of Application of the Quality Index
- 2.5.3.2. Must the Quality of an Object Be Evaluated on the Basis of the Quality Index or the Integral Quality Index?
- 2.5.3.3. Must an Object Be Evaluated by the Rigorous, Approximate or Short-Cut Method?
- 2.5.3.4. Is the Comparability of Quality Index Values Desirable? If It Is, What Type?
- 2.5.3.5. In Which Scale Must a Quality Index Be Expressed: Rank or Ratio?
- 2.5.3.6. What Is the Time Limit for Evaluating One Object?
- 2.5.3.7. How Often Is a QEM to Be Used: Once Only or Repeatedly?
- 2.5.3.8. Is a Quality Index Calculated Manually or on Computer?
- 2.5.3.9. Do Quality Indices Need to Be Differentiated By Element, Application Environment etc.?
- 2.5.4. Questions Concerning QEM Development Features
- 2.5.4.2. Has the QEM Designer the Opportunity to Get Hold of Any Supplementary Material Needed for QEM Development?
- 2.5.4.3. What Are the Allowable Labour Costs of QEM Development in a Particular Context?
- 2.5.4.4. What is the Allowable Time Cost of QEM Development in a Particular Context?
- 2.6. Building a Property Tree and Identifying the Indices to be Appraised
- 2.6.2. The Tree as a Knowledge Tool: A Brief Historical Note
- 2.6.3. Terminology
- 2.6.4. Tree Derivation Methods
- 2.6.5. Tree Derivation Rules
- 2.6.5.1. General Derivation Rules for Tangible Product Property Trees
- 2.6.5.2. General Rules for Deriving Purpose Property Sub trees
- 2.6.5.3. Specific Rules for the Application of the Expert Method to Weight Factor Determination
- 2.6.5.4. Specific Rules to Be Used if the Amount of Information Obtained in a Quality Assessment Can be Reduced Through the Use of the Rank Scale
- 2.6.5.5. Specific Rules to Be Used if the Amount of Information Obtained in Quality Assessment May / May Not Be Reduced by More Precise Methods
- 2.6.6. Completion of the Property Tree Derivation
- 2.6.6.1. Completion of the Purpose Property Sub tree Derivation
- 2.6.6.2. Completing the Derivation of Sub trees Other than Purpose Properties Ones
- 2.6.6.3. Choosing Property Indices
- 2.6.6.4. Preparing a Property Tree for Use
- 2.7. Determining Weight Factor Values
- 2.7.2. Analytical Method for Determining WF Values
- 2.7.3. Expert Method for Determining WF Values
- 2.7.3.1. Procedure of Interviewing by an SG Facilitator (as Applied to the Figure 25 Tree and the Sample Individual Form in Table 5)
- 2.7.3.2. Processing Expert Survey Results
- 2.7.3.3. WF Normalisation Tier-Wise
- 2.8. Determining Reference and Rejection Values of Properties
- 2.8.2. Determining the Values of qref and qrej for Property Indices Having no Physical Units of Measurement
- 2.8.3. Documentary Method for qref and qrej Determination
- 2.8.4. Expert Method for qref and qrej Determination
- 2.8.5. Determining the Reference Value of the Reliability Index
- 2.9. Determining the Values of Property Indices and Quality in General
- 2.9.1.1. Non-expert Methods
- 2.9.1.2. Expert Method
- 2.9.2. Determining Relative Index Values
- 2.9.3. Convolution of Indices (Final Problem Solution)
- Appendix
- Constitution of the QEM Development and Application Groups (SG, EG and TG)
- A Case Study of a Qualimetric Methodology
- References