A Study of Inspection Performance and the Personality of Quality Inspectors

Abstract

Aims to verify the effect on visual inspection performance as the number of fault types increases and to investigate the main personality traits of a competent inspector using factor analysis. Forty subjects participated in the experiment. The performance measures were response time and error rate. A significant effect was found when the number of fault types increased. Four factors obtained by factor analysis demonstrate that the personality of a competent inspector includes the following characteristics: stability, enthusiasm, sensitivity, and suspicion.

Citation

Hsu, S. and Chan, T. (1994), "A Study of Inspection Performance and the Personality of Quality Inspectors", International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, Vol. 11 No. 3, pp. 55-65. https://doi.org/10.1108/02656719410056486