In the design of industrial inspection tasks, the assumption is usually made that human performance data collected in a 100% inspection scheme is valid for use when the inspector is engaged in sampling inspection. A direct test of this assumption using 60 student subjects showed it to be valid. Analysis of the inspection data in terms of stopping policy in selfpaced inspection showed close correspondence with a model of systematic visual search.
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