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Conceptual uncertainty of measurement errors

  • General Problems in Metrology and Measurement Techniques
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It is shown that measurement errors can be viewed in three different ensembles of random values with distinct distribution laws. The conceptual uncertainty of an error associated with this phenomenon is discussed. The problem of an extension of interpretation of measurement errors in metrological normative documents is addressed.

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  1. V. I. Sobolev Information — Statistical Theory of Measurements. Textbook for Institutions of Higher Learning, Mashinostroenie, Moscow (1983).

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  1. V. I. Sobolev
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Translated from Izmeritel'naya Tekhnika, No. 5, pp. 7–8, May, 1996.

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Sobolev, V.I. Conceptual uncertainty of measurement errors. Meas Tech 39, 466–469 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02375751

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