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Needed (and accepted) for this assumption is (the belief in) a normal distribution of measurement results as well as the conviction that “the larger the number of measurement results, the more normally distributed the systematic errors, and the closer the average of these results comes to the (so-called) true value”.
Building up a measurement uncertainty budget requires the establishment of a metrological traceability chain of the measurement result.
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De Bièvre, P. “Errors” continue to lead a persisting life. Accred Qual Assur 13, 429–430 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-008-0423-5
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