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Sampling program quality

2010 IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance, 2010
Many modern software systems are large, consisting of hundreds or even thousands of programs (source files). Understanding the overall quality of these programs is a resource and time-consuming activity. It is desirable to have a quick yet accurate estimation of the overall program quality in a cost-effective manner.
Hongyu Zhang 0002, Rongxin Wu
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Program-Based Quality Assurance: A Reconciliation of Quality Assurance and Program Evaluation

Healthcare Management Forum, 1989
This paper addresses the need for action by examining the underlying shortcomings in current quality assurance (QA) principles and programs. An attempt is made to find some solutions through examining theories of program evaluation (PE). Developed through the use of QA and PE principles, a conceptual model for program-based QA is presented, and ...
H, Rennebohm, N, O'Brien
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Quantitative measurement of program quality

Proceedings of the 1968 23rd ACM national conference on -, 1968
A black-box approach typifies current software quality assurance procedures: a program is good it it satisfies certain operating specifications. While it is common to manage the development of software under quality assurance systems previously devised for hardware, the tools of measurement are not transferable owing to the very basic differences in ...
Raymond J. Rubey, R. Dean Hartwick
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Correlates of Quality Educational Programs

Evaluation Review, 2002
Preliminary evaluation findings are presented that explore relationships between educational program quality and program characteristics such as program type, security level, aftercare, teacher certification, facility size, and private versus public provider. Several program characteristics are found to be related to measurements of educational program
Deborah R, Chester, Jessamyn A, Tracy, Emily, Earp, Reetu, Chauhan   +3 more
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Quality Assessment of Quality Improvement Programs

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1992
To the Editor. —The article on peer review organization methods by Rubin et al 1 was interesting and its results conform to my empiric observation and bias. It is also my bias that the detection of quality problems on the part of physicians is probably not of value.
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Youth Program Quality Survey: Youth Assessment of Program Quality

Marriage & Family Review, 2013
The Youth Program Quality survey, a 24-item survey of youth participant perceptions of program quality, based on program elements identified by the National Research Council (NRC) and Institute of Medicine, was developed and piloted with 614 younger teens (ages 10–13 years) and 486 older teens (ages 14–17 years) who attended 4-H camps and conferences ...
Benjamin Silliman, Walter R. Schumm
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Quality assurance and quality control in monitoring programs

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 1993
There are three general characteristics of the data to be collected in a monitoring program that should be met in order to maximize the use and value of the data: the data quality should be known, the data type and quality should be consistent and comparable, and the data should be available and accessible.
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Producer Quality Assurance Programs

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, 1999
Essentially all animal commodity organizations have established quality assurance programs designed to ensure food safety and quality. Most of these programs were originally implemented to address problems with veterinary drug residues. Many of the current programs have or plan to include food safety critical control points with specific guidelines on ...
J, Kla, L, Tollefson
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