Springer series in measurement science and technology,
ISSN of Series
2198-7815
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Chapter 1: Measurement challenge: specification and design1.1 Processes of production and measurement1.2 Measurement, assessment, opinions -- from quantitative observations to categorization1.3 Opening the quality-assurance loop1.4 Specification of measurement problem1.5 Case study: Fit-for-purpose measurement specificationChapter 2: Measurement method and system development2.1 Design of experiments2.2 Specification of demands on a measurement system2.3 Choice and development of a measurement method2.4 Measurement System Analysis2.5 Evaluation and validation of a measurement method2.6 Verification2.7 Case studiesChapter 3: Ensuring traceability3.1 Quantity calculus3.2 Units and symmetry, conservation laws and minimum entropy3.3 Calibration, accuracy and true values3.4 Politics and philosophy of metrology3.5 Quantitative and qualitative scales3.6 New and future measurement unitsChapter 4: Measurement4.1 Performing measurements4.2 Metrological confirmation4.3 Case study: Example of measurementsChapter 5: Measurement report and presentation5.1 Presentation of measurement results5.2 Modelling measurement principle5.3 Case studiesChapter 6: Decisions about product6.1 Use of measurement results and conformity assessment6.2 Closing the quality-assurance loop6.3 Optimised uncertainties, impact and measurement costs, pragmatic extensions of significance testing6.4 Risks of incorrect decisions and relation to measurement uncertainty6.5 Qualitative measurement and entropy 6.6 Case studies.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book presents a general and comprehensive framework for the assurance of quality in measurements. Written by a foremost expert in the field, the text reflects an on-going international effort to extend traditional quality assured measurement, rooted in fundamental physics and the SI, to include non-physical areas such as person-centred care and the social sciences more generally. Chapter by chapter, the book follows the measurement quality assurance loop, based on Deming's work. The author enhances this quality assurance cycle with insights from recent research, including work on the politics and philosophy of metrology, the new SI, quantitative and qualitative scales and entropy, decision risks and uncertainty when addressing human challenges, Man as a Measurement Instrument, and Psychometry and Person-centred care. Quality Assured Measurement: Unification across Social and Physical Sciences provides students and researchers in physics, chemistry, engineering, medicine and the social sciences with practical guidance on designing, implementing and applying a quality-assured measurement while engaging readers in the most novel and expansive areas of contemporary measurement research.