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An approach for evaluating the results of key comparisons of standards with inconsistent data

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Methods for evaluating data from key comparisons are examined and the existing methods for evaluating inconsistent data are briefly characterized. A practical approach is proposed for evaluating inconsistent data.

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  1. Mendeleev All-Russia Research Institute of Metrology (VNIIM), St. Petersburg, Russia

    A. G. Chunovkina, N. A. Burmistrova & N. D. Zvyagin

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Here we offer our readers the last of a selection of articles based on material from the sixth international seminar “Mathematical, statistical, and computer support of the quality of measurements” held in St. Petersburg at the Mendeleev All-Russia Research Institute of Metrology (VNIIM) in June 2012. The first of this group of articles was published in the April 2013 issue (No. 4) of Measurement Techniques.

Translated from Izmeritel’naya Tekhnika, No. 6, pp. 3–7, June, 2013.

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Chunovkina, A.G., Burmistrova, N.A. & Zvyagin, N.D. An approach for evaluating the results of key comparisons of standards with inconsistent data. Meas Tech 56, 577–583 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11018-013-0248-4

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