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Decision Rules and Making Statements of Conformance: Impact on Risk and Finance

This two-day course covers measurement's influence throughout a product’s lifecycle (manufacturing, testing, certification), where it fits within a Management System (MS). Utilizing measurement data, the participant will be introduced to the technical and mathematical tools required to evaluate the probability of false accept and false reject decision risk for measurements used in conformity assessment decisions. The course will detail how this information can be used to balance the cost of managing the likelihood of occurrence against the cost of negative consequences resulting from an incorrect decision. This course is intended for a technical audience in the product development, testing (e.g., forensic, pharmaceutical, medical, product, etc.), calibration, operational services, to include:
  • Design, test, operation, and instrumentation engineers;
  • Quality engineers;
  • Researchers;
  • Scientists;
  • Metrologists; and
  • Senior technicians (e.g., manufacturing, testing, medical, etc.).

Price: $995.00

*Discounts available for A2LA Members. Contact us for special pricing.

Prerequisites

Participants should:

  • Be familiar with measurement principles and techniques.
    • Knowledge of measurement theory – direct, indirect, substitution, null methods, etc.
  • Have a functional understanding of the principles of measurement uncertainty.
    • Components and construction of a measurement uncertainty budget.
  • Have prior background in engineering, science, or mathematics.
    • Recall or research formulas used in measurement.
    • Applied arithmetic and algebra to build equations in Microsoft Excel™
  • Have a basic understanding of statistics.
    • Applied fundamentals – mean, median, range, standard deviation, variance distributions, ANOVA, etc., for use in Microsoft Excel™.
  • Familiarity with Microsoft Excel™.
    • Build a spreadsheet using built-in functions:
      • Arithmetic (SUM, AVERAGE, etc.)
      • Statistical (STDEV, VAR, F.DIST, NORM.DIST, T.DIST, Z.TEST, etc.)

Equipment Needed

The participant will need to bring a laptop computer (PC or MAC) with Microsoft Excel or similar spreadsheet installed. Please note that the tablet and smart phone versions of Excel and other spreadsheets do not have the full functionality of the PC versions and the participant may not be able to utilize all the power of the spreadsheet covered during the training.

Target Attendees

Technical audience in the product development, testing, calibration, and operational services

Learning Outcomes

After successful completion of the course, the participant will be able to:

1. Identify the nonconforming element(s) in metrology-related failures and where it resides within the management system;
2. Recognize specific and global risk requirements in standards and how their differences may impact implementation costs;
3. List the four basic components of the General Risk Model (GRM) and how each influences the model;
4. Using a spreadsheet, develop a mathematical risk model to construct a decision rule; and
5. Develop a decision rule using techniques that balance the cost of metrology with the desired level of decision risk.”

CEUs Awarded

1.4 CEUs Awarded*

* A2LA WorkPlace Training is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) and is authorized to issue the IACET CEU.

Presentation Style

Lecture, discussion, and classroom exercises.

Reference

This course follows the principles outlined in the following documents:

  • JCGM 106:2012, Evaluation of measurement data – The role of measurement uncertainty in conformity assessment, BIPM 2012
  • ASME B89.7.4.1-2005, Measurement Uncertainty and Conformance Testing: Risk Analysis, ASME 2006

Students are required to bring copies with them furnished by their company or purchase them directly from ISO or other approved document provider prior to the class.

Training Dates

January 13 – 16, 2025
Virtual Class
1pm - 5pm EST

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April 5 – 6, 2025
Instructor: Dilip Shah
Hilton Anatole, 2201 N Stemmons Fwy, Dallas, TX 75207
8am - 5pm

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September 23 – 24, 2025
Instructor: Dilip Shah
Virtual Class
8am - 5pm EST

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