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Quality Management of Pavement Condition Data Collection (2009) / Chapter Skim
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Pages 55-56

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... Data processing: Covers all the activities that are conducted to convert the raw data collected in the field surveys to useful information. Ground truth: See "reference value." Independent assurance: A management tool that requires a third party, not directly responsible for process control or acceptance, to provide an independent assessment of a product or service and/or the reliability of test results obtained from process control and acceptance testing (16)
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... For purposes of this synthesis, quality control activities are those used to control the data collection activities, either by a data collection service provider or a road agency collecting data in-house, so that quality pavement condition data can be obtained. Quality control plan: A document that describes the process to be followed for delivering the level of pavement condition data quality required.
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Key Terms

  • condition data
  • pavement data
  • true population
  • process control
  • population mean

  • imaging technologies
  • transportation research
  • acceptance activities
  • existing pavement
  • acceptance testing

  • dard deviation
  • systematic actions
  • directly responsible
  • quality acceptance
  • management field

  • avoid confusion
  • condition index
  • agency collecting
  • iso quality
  • condition measurements

  • digital recognition
  • field surveys
  • pavement sections
  • quality auditor
  • structural condition

  • collected using
  • management tool
  • using imaging
  • automated data
  • ensure quality


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