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Elemental uncertainties are from two sources: uncertainty in transducers, and uncertainty in the measurand. This chapter provides a non-mathematical introduction to the sources of many of these elemental uncertainties. The chapter also introduces the GUM (Guide to Uncertainty of Measurement), and Type A and B uncertainties.
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Ratcliffe, C., Ratcliffe, B. (2015). Type A and Type B Elemental Uncertainties. In: Doubt-Free Uncertainty In Measurement. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12063-8_2
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