Title :
Uncertainty and confidence in measurements
Author_Institution :
United Kingdom Accreditation Service, Feltham, UK
fDate :
5/14/1998 12:00:00 AM
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;
Conference_Titel :
Uncertainties Workshop - Electrical Measurements (Ref. No. 1998/458), IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
Teddington
DOI :
10.1049/ic:19980755
