Scientific Journal of KubSAU

The article presents the main directions of the application of the scree plot method in solving metrological problems in the social and humanitarian fields of knowledge (economics, pedagogy, sociology, including sciencemetry). It is known that statistical measurements in socio-economic systems are inextricably linked with the processing of primary homogeneous monitoring information. It is also known that empirical averaging (computation of the empirical mean), as the dominant method of mathematical statistics, is becoming a thing of the past, due to moral aging, inconsistency with modern requirements (primarily to measurement results in socio-economic systems); In science meteorology, this method was replaced by the scree plot method (the Hirsch index and other scientometric indicators are estimated on the basis of this method). Despite its enormous potential, the scree plot method, as an alternative to traditional methods of mathematical statistics, is very poorly used in the social and humanitarian fields of knowledge. The authors of this article have shown that this method can be successfully applied in solving various metrological tasks, not only in science (sciencemetry is a branch of science), but also in economics, pedagogy and sociology. In addition, the authors show modifications of the scree plot method, using the example of measuring (measuring) indicators in the economy, sociology and pedagogy; The relationship between the scree plot method and the theory of latent variables (qualimetry) and database technology is grounded. The authors also substantiate that the scree plot method - the basis for the formation of monitoring indicators that adequately reflect the performance of socio-economic systems. The practical significance of the results of this study is that they can be used in socio-economic and psychological-pedagogical monitoring systems (according to modern views, monitoring is an information management mechanism). Methodological basis of the research: system, sociological, competence, probabilitystatistical and qualimetric approaches (leading methodological basis is the probabilistic-statistical approach). Research methods: modeling; Methods of graph theory, sets and relations; Systemic-cognitive analysis; Methods of qualimetry (the theory of latent variables); Methods of mathematical statistics

The article reflects the relationship between the parameters of research activities of students and the characteristics of the educational environment in higher education. It is known that the research activity of students is an integral part of the educational process, therefore, the parameters of research activity can and should be indicator variables reflecting certain aspects of the educational environment. According to modern views, all types of research activities of students (educational, research, scientific and practical and research) is the most important mechanism for the development of their research competence. In addition, the parameters of research activities of students - the reflection of the relationship of scientific and educational activities in higher education, and this - one of the most important factors of competitiveness of the educational environment. The authors substantiate that the parameters reflecting the research activity of students characterize, first of all, such aspects of the educational environment as its intensity, social activity, dominance, coherence, mobility, stability, reliability and efficiency. This is due to the fact that the research activity of students is a transdisciplinary process that depends on the same factors as the educational process as a whole and is characterized by the same didactic goals (tasks) as the educational process as a whole. In identifying the relationship between the parameters of research activities of students and the characteristics of the educational environment, the authors also took into account the relevance of such a task as ensuring continuity between levels of continuing education. The theoretical significance of the results of this study is that they can be the basis for further scientific understanding of the problems of the quality of education and the effectiveness of educational environments, the practical significance is that they can be applied in the systems of socio-pedagogical and psycho-pedagogical monitoring and the effectiveness of the educational environment, as well as monitoring the student's personal and professional development). Methodological bases of research: system, sociological, competence, probability-statistical and qualimetric approaches (leading methodological basis - competence approach). Research methods: modeling; methods of graph theory, sets and relations; systemiccognitive analysis; methods of qualimetry (theory of latent variables); methods of mathematical statistics (first of all - the method of rocky scree); methods of the theory of limits