A study of uncertainty of expert measurement results in the quality management system

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https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2016.71607

Keywords:

uncertainty estimation, expert measurement results, expert quality, standardization recommendations

Abstract

Since the quality of measuring in international practice is assessed by uncertainty of the results, and an apparatus for its calculation in the area of expert measurement has not been developed yet, the study focuses on the methods of estimating uncertainty of expert measurement results.

The authors have conducted analytical research on the sources of expert measurement results’ uncertainty, among which the main ones herewith singled out are: imperfection of experts, wrong choice of their number, and assessment conditions. The system of expert quality indices and the methods of their identification are suggested in the article. It enables making the right choice of the optimum methods of estimating the expert quality indices in any concrete case. The expert assessment of the significance of student activity components with regard to their uncertainty calculation has proved that the most important component is a “study activity”, and the least important one is a “social activity”.

The suggested recommendations for standardizing the specialist experts’ quality indices suggest setting the lower limits of the admissible values. It allows normalizing their characteristics and optimizing the process of their attestation and hereby ensures coherence in expert measurements.

Author Biographies

Tetiana Bubela, Lviv Polytechnic National University Bandera str., 12, Lviv, Ukraine, 79013

Doctor of technical sciences

Department of Metrology, Standardization and Certification

Mykola Mykyychuk, Lviv Polytechnic National University Bandera str., 12, Lviv, Ukraine, 79013

Doctor of technical sciences, Professor, director

Institute of computer technologies, automation and metrology

Alla Hunkalo, Lviv Polytechnic National University Bandera str., 12, Lviv, Ukraine, 79013

PhD, Associate professor

Department of Metrology, Standardization and Certification

Oksana Boyko, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University Pekarska str., 69, Lviv, Ukraine, 79010

PhD, Associate professor

Department of Medical Informatics

Olena Basalkevych, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University Pekarska str., 69, Lviv, Ukraine, 79010

Assistant

Department of Medical Informatics

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2016-06-28

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Bubela, T., Mykyychuk, M., Hunkalo, A., Boyko, O., & Basalkevych, O. (2016). A study of uncertainty of expert measurement results in the quality management system. Eastern-European Journal of Enterprise Technologies, 3(3(81), 4–11. https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2016.71607

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