2. Design of Reliability
Design Principle-
The basic objective of design is that the equipment/system meets
the target failure rate under the given conditions.
1. Selection of components/parts
2. Functional Rating of all parts/Factor of Safety
3. Environmental conditions with their impact on equipment or
product
4. Complexity of equipment/system
5. Redundancy/diversity
6. Reliability estimation
3. Design Process
The Design Process-
1)Requirement-
2)Specifications-
3)Basic Design-
4)Detail Design-
5)Development-
4. ESTIMATION OF RELIABILITY
The goal of estimating reliability is to determine how much of
the variability in test scores is due to errors in measurement and how
much is due to variability in true scores.
Four practical strategies have been developed that provide workable
methods of estimating test reliability.
1. Test-retest reliability method:
Administering a test to a group of individuals
Re-administering the same test to the same group at some later
time
Correlating the first set of scores with the second
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2. Parallel-forms method:
The key to this method is the development of alternate test forms that are
equivalent in terms of content, response processes and statistical
characteristics.
It involves:
1.Administering one form of the test to a group of individuals
2.At some later time, administering an alternate form of the same test to the
same group of people
3.Correlating scores on form A with scores on form B
Disadvantages:
1. It may very difficult to create several alternate forms of a test
2. It may also be difficult if not impossible to guarantee that two alternate
forms of a test are parallel measures
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3.Split Half Method-
This method treats the two halves of a measure as alternate forms. It provides a
simple solution to the problem that the parallel-forms method faces: the
difficulty in developing alternate forms.
It involves:
Administering a test to a group of individuals
Splitting the test in half
Correlating scores on one half of the test with scores on the other half of the
test.
4. Internal consistency:
Assesses the consistency of results across items within a test.
7. RELIABILITY TESTING
TEST:
“A subjection to conditions that show the real character of the thing”
Testing is a continuing operation to provide information throughout the
complete evolution of the system.
PURPOSES OF TESTING:
whether a certain configuration or item is feasible.
which of several configurations is the optimum with respect to
performance, reliability, cost, modes of behavior under varying
conditions, etc.
A test maybe used to make more sensitive comparisons to further
improve economy and maintenance
9. Conclusion
1.A parallel configuration can greatly increase system
reliability.
2. Better reliability can be obtained by element or
component redundancy than by unit redundancy.
3. Using reliability importance measures is one method of
identifying the relative importance of each component in a
system with respect to the overall reliability of the system