What is quality?

RL Shewfelt - Postharvest biology and technology, 1999 - Elsevier
… different perspectives on quality may be the most limiting factor in improving the quality of
fresh fruits … The primary dividing line between differing concepts of quality is orientation. Most …

Defining quality

L Harvey, D Green - Assessment & evaluation in higher education, 1993 - Taylor & Francis
… This paper addresses the nature of the concept of quality in relation to higher education.
It analyses ways of thinking about quality, … The relative nature of quality is examined. First, …

A critical appraisal of the quality of quality-of-life measurements

TM Gill, AR Feinstein - Jama, 1994 - jamanetwork.com
… ; and aggregated their results into a composite quality-of-life score in only … quality of life from
health-related quality of life; patients were invited to give their own separate rating for quality

The concepts of quality, quality assurance and quality enhancement

N Elassy - Quality assurance in education, 2015 - emerald.com
quality in the 1990s was with a concerned voice “quality was sick and in need of care, although
quality … ”, this referred to the fragile nature of quality and suggested a need for regulation …

Quality 4.0—the challenging future of quality engineering

A Zonnenshain, RS Kenett - Quality Engineering, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
… innovative models for quality are being proposed and quality professionals in companies …
quality, to process quality, management quality and quality by design, up to information Quality

Effects of quality improvement strategies for type 2 diabetes on glycemic control: a meta-regression analysis

KG Shojania, SR Ranji, KM McDonald, JM Grimshaw… - Jama, 2006 - jamanetwork.com
ContextThere have been numerous reports of interventions designed to improve the care of
patients with diabetes, but the effectiveness of such interventions is unclear.ObjectiveTo …

Assessment of quality-of-life outcomes

MA Testa, DC Simonson - New England journal of medicine, 1996 - Mass Medical Soc
… , mental, and social well-being, 1 quality-of-life issues have become steadily … of quality-of-life
evaluation as a technique of clinical research since 1973, when only 5 articles listed “quality

[BOOK][B] Introduction to quality control

K Ishikawa, JH Loftus - 1990 - Springer
... an excellent book that can be read at many levels within a company-Total Quality
Management; This is a book to treasure, in its own right as an extremely practical source of …

[BOOK][B] The Evidence for Quality.

EG Bogue, RL Saunders - 1992 - ERIC
… This book offers a synthesis of practices and policies in collegiate quality assurance, … and
ratings, and other measures of academic quality. A quality assurance model is offered that links …

On" quality of life"

EM Gerson - American Sociological Review, 1976 - JSTOR
Two traditional approaches to conceptualizing quality of life are distinguished: the individualist
which, emphasizes the position and activities of individuals; and the transcendentalist, …