What this work contributes
Defines a measurement-model approach to evaluating and reporting uncertainty.
Where the evidence stops
A calculated uncertainty is only as defensible as its model and input evidence.
Keep the conditions with the result
- Conditions
- Type A and Type B evaluations; covariance and combined uncertainty.
- Design use
- Keep signal prediction, readout noise and residual systematic effects distinct.
- Review access
- Official BIPM publication record inspected; method reference.
- Publication
- JCGM 100:2008
- DOI
- 10.59161/JCGM100-2008E
Original source
Joint Committee for Guides in Metrology. Evaluation of measurement data — Guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement. JCGM 100:2008 (2008).
How we use it
This record belongs to Measurement & replication. Its evidence label describes the cited work, not the maturity of a Metric Flight device. Follow the original methods, corrections and conditions before transferring a result to a different geometry or scale.
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