Guidelines for Evaluating and Expressing the Uncertainty of NIST Measurement Results

Taylor, B. N., & Kuyatt, C. E. (1994). Guidelines for Evaluating and Expressing the Uncertainty of NIST Measurement Results.

Type

Report

Intellectual base

Grey literature

Year

1994

Link

https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/legacy/tn/nbstechnicalnote1297.pdf

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statistics_experimental_design

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Primes

• Calibration
  • Physics and instrumentation: Thermometer calibration against fixed points (ice point, steam point, or modern standard fixed points); spectrophotometer calibration using reference standards; oscilloscope calibration using signal generators; scale calibration using certified weights; pressure transducer calibration using deadweight testers or hydraulic standards.

    This sourceNational Institute of Standards and Technology. Authoritative NIST guideline codifying sources of measurement error (calibration, observer reading, environmental fluctuation) and Type A/Type B uncertainty evaluation, with traceability chains to national/international standards.

• Measurement Uncertainty and Observational Noise
  • Understanding noise characteristics enables design of error-correcting experiments, replication, statistical power analysis, and confidence intervals around point estimates.

    This sourceNational Institute of Standards and Technology. Authoritative laboratory-measurement guideline: codifies sources of experimental error (calibration, observer reading, environmental fluctuation) and Type A/Type B uncertainty evaluation procedures used in physical-science measurement.

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