I'm scratching my head on how to describe good engineering/scientific testing requirements/practice, can anyone help? I remember in high school (or something) that my science teacher has always said: a valid scientific test must be repeatable, measurements and methodology clearly defined, and variables controlled...

any suggestions?

 

- Raptor is an expert on repeatable
- Fapout is an expert on measurements (or lack there of)


...based on that, i'm sure those two will have some usable input.

 

What sort of experiments or research?

hope this helps:

http://www.stat.yale.edu/Courses/1997-98/101/expdes.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_of_experiments

 

Scientific Method?

 

You are talking empirical scientific research?

Each field has their own standards and there are different standards for different kinds of testing. Can you be more specific about what is being tested?

"Testing requirements/practice sounds" to me like acceptance testing rather than peer-reviewed scientific "check my work" type testing.

If you are talking about acceptance testing then there is no clear answer without more information about what it is you are testing but it basically involves ensuring that a deliverable meets all of the stated requirements and specifications. There are a wide range of different methods depending on what it is and what it is being used for.

Please elaborate.

 

Ok, here's what I'm trying to do: a standard for testing a certain product performance doesn't (yet) have an industry standard (like ANSI). But for the past few decades (about 40 years or so), my company's engineers have devised a way to test this product. I want to take their testing methods & results and say:

1. the methods we use are consistent
2. the methods we use produced consistent results
3. the methods we use have been verified by an independent lab
4. the methods we use makes scientific/engineering sense

 

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