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Development of a Model for Quality Gradin of Textile Products
Author(s) -
McCullough J.S.,
Morris M.A.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
home economics research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1552-3934
pISSN - 0046-7774
DOI - 10.1177/1077727x8000900203
Subject(s) - clothing , grading (engineering) , product (mathematics) , textile , quality (philosophy) , psychology , mathematics , engineering , geography , civil engineering , philosophy , geometry , archaeology , epistemology
A model for quality grading of textile products was developed which included weaghtang fac tors based on the importance of end‐use properties as perceived by consumers, standards based on laboratory measurements of these properties, and the expected wear‐life of the product. Children's clothing was the textile product used in developing the model. A questionnaire was distributed to parents of nursery school and elementary school‐age children to obtain the needed consumer input. In the questionnaire the consumers rated the importance of end‐use properties for various categories of children's clothing, and indicated the expected wear‐life of these items. Significant differences were found in the ratings of the importance of the end‐use properties for each of the seven categories of clothing. The model for quality grading was then developed utilizing the data from the questionnaire. Also used in the model were laboratory measurements of the end‐use properties and perfor mance standards. The desirability function was used to transform data from different labor atory measurements and performance standards into a single value. The model was then tested using four pairs of boys' jeans, similar in appearance but differing in price. The two lowest priced garments were found to be of the lowest grade, but the top‐priced garment was the same grade as the next lower‐priced garment.