DocumentCode
1729383
Title
Uncertainty and confidence in measurements
Author
Hurll, John
Author_Institution
United Kingdom Accreditation Service, Feltham, UK
fYear
1998
fDate
5/14/1998 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
42370
Lastpage
112
Abstract
All measurements are tainted by imperfectly known errors, so the significance associated with the result of a measurement must account for this uncertainty. This paper explores the reasoning behind, and the requirements for, the expression of a value of uncertainty associated with a measurement result
Keywords
measurement errors; arithmetic summation; asymmetrical limits; calibration; confidence in measurement; correlation; imperfectly known errors; measurement result; probability; statistical approach; systematic errors; uncertainty;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Uncertainties Workshop - Electrical Measurements (Ref. No. 1998/458), IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location
Teddington
Type
conf
DOI
10.1049/ic:19980755
Filename
721707
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