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Measurement uncertainty and probability /

"A measurement result is incomplete without a statement of its 'uncertainty' or 'margin of error'. But what does this statement actually tell us? By examining the practical meaning of probability, this book discusses what is meant by a '95 percent interval of measuremen...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Willink, Robin, 1961-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Foundational ideas in measurement
  • Components of error or uncertainty
  • Foundational ideas in probability and statistics
  • The randomization of systematic errors
  • Beyond the standard confidence interval
  • Final preparation
  • Evaluation using the linear approximation
  • Evaluation without the linear approximation
  • Uncertainty information fit for purpose
  • Measurement of vectors and functions
  • Why take part in a measurement comparison?
  • Other philosophies
  • An assessment of objective Bayesian methods
  • Guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement
  • Measurement near a limit, an insoluble problem?