Quality score formula – TQAuditor Wiki
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Quality score formula visualisation and interpretation
- 1. Account score limit
- The highest possible score (100 by default). Can be set on this page: [Evaluation settings]
- 2. Mistake severity score
- Score of mistake by its severity (for example, 1 point for minor and 5 points for major mistakes). Can be set on this page: [Mistake severities list]
- 3. Mistake type weight
- Weight of a specific mistake type by specialization. Can be adjusted on this page [Mistake types list]
- 4. SUM
- A sum of products of #2 and #3 for all the mistakes.
- 5. Project evaluation word count
- Automatic word count: The value from the “Total source words” field in the “Evaluation details” section (not the Total source words of a file). Please see the Automatic vs. manual word count page.
- Manual word count: The value from the “Evaluated source words” field (specified when starting the evaluation with a manual word count).
- 6. 1000
- In the end, the result is always converted to 1000, a most optimal value.
The mistake severity scores, mistake type weights, and reports are based on this 1000-word amount. For example, a critical mistake with score of 20 with weight coefficient of 1 reduces the quality score by 20 per 1000 words (by 10 per 2000 words, accordingly, and so on).
For more information, please check the Quality score formula:Details and versions page.
Quality score calculation examples
In the examples below, the following quality standard is used:
Automatic word count
- File details:
- Total source words: 3126
- Fully reviewed: yes
- Number of units (segments): 392
- Project specialization – marketing
- Evaluation settings:
- Evaluation details:
- Total source words: 1749
- Source words in corrected units: 1002
Mistakes:
-
Major
(
3
points each):
- Terminology: 1 (weight coefficient
1
)
- Grammar: 1 (weight coefficient
1.2
)
- Terminology: 1 (weight coefficient
-
Minor
(
1
point each):
- Grammar: 3 (weight coefficient
1.2
)
- Functional: 2 (weight coefficient
1
)
- Grammar: 3 (weight coefficient
-
Repetitive
(
0.01
point each):
- Functional: 6 (weight coefficient
1
)
- Layout: 8 (weight coefficient
1
)
- Functional: 6 (weight coefficient
-
Non-scoring
(
0
points each):
- Style: 5 (weight coefficient
1.2
)
- Terminology: 3 (weight coefficient
1
)
- Style: 5 (weight coefficient
- Total mistakes: 29
- SUM: 1*
3
*
1
+1*
3
*
1.2
+3*
1
*
1.2
+2*
1
*
1
+6*
0.01
*
1
+8*
0.01
*
1
+5*
0
*
1.2
+3*
0
*
1
=3+3.6+3.6+2+0.06+0.08+0+0=12.34
- Quality score calculation:
Using the formula:
100-(12.34/1749*1000)=92.94
Manual word count
- File details:
- Total source words: 3126
- Fully reviewed: no
- Number of words in a reviewed part of the file: around 1500
- Number of units (segments): 392
- Project specialization – marketing
- Evaluation settings:
- Evaluated source words: 1500
- Evaluation details:
- Corrected units: 227
- Total source words: 1500
Mistakes:
-
Major
(
3
points each):
- Terminology: 1 (weight coefficient
1
)
- Grammar: 1 (weight coefficient
1.2
)
- Terminology: 1 (weight coefficient
-
Minor
(
1
point each):
- Grammar: 3 (weight coefficient
1.2
)
- Functional: 2 (weight coefficient
1
)
- Grammar: 3 (weight coefficient
-
Repetitive
(
0.01
point each):
- Functional: 6 (weight coefficient
1
)
- Layout: 8 (weight coefficient
1
)
- Functional: 6 (weight coefficient
-
Non-scoring
(
0
points each):
- Style: 5 (weight coefficient
1.2
)
- Terminology: 3 (weight coefficient
1
)
- Style: 5 (weight coefficient
- Total mistakes: 29
- SUM: 1*
3
*
1
+1*
3
*
1.2
+3*
1
*
1.2
+2*
1
*
1
+6*
0.01
*
1
+8*
0.01
*
1
+5*
0
*
1.2
+3*
0
*
1
=3+3.6+3.6+2+0.06+0.08+0+0=12.34
- Quality score calculation:
Using the formula:
100-(12.34/1500*1000)=91.77