2011 Volume 19 Issue 2 Pages 38-52
QE practical ability is defined as the ability to link quality engineering, viewed as a technical philosophy, with practical action on a continuing basis. Cultivating and improving this ability in engineers is a way to reduce loss to society at large and consequently to earn profits for business and enterprise. The purpose of this study was to establish techniques for the quantitative evaluation of QE practical ability. Indications that evaluation methods could be developed that would produce objective quantitative evaluations were obtained. An attempt was also made to isolate factors that are effective in improving QE practical ability. The ideas and methods for developing evaluation techniques shown in this study are not limited to the evaluation of QE practical ability; it is thought that they can be used effectively as methods of achieving a quantitative evaluation of what is vaguely referred to as human ability in various fields.
