Measurement Uncertainty and Probability
ISBN: 9781107021938 | 1107021936
Edition: 1stFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr
Pub. Date: 3/31/2013
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Useful for researchers and graduate students, this book examines the practical meaning of probability.
By examining the practical meaning of probability, this book discusses what is meant by a '95 percent interval of measurement uncertainty', and how such an interval can be calculated. Useful for researchers and graduate students, it employs clear notation and language to avoid the confusion.
A measurement result is incomplete without a statement of its 'uncertainty' or 'margin of erro... MORE
By examining the practical meaning of probability, this book discusses what is meant by a '95 percent interval of measurement uncertainty', and how such an interval can be calculated. Useful for researchers and graduate students, it employs clear notation and language to avoid the confusion.
A measurement result is incomplete without a statement of its 'uncertainty' or 'margin of erro... MORE
| Principles | |
| Introduction | |
| 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 | |
| Evaluation of Uncertainty | |
| Final preparation | |
| Evaluation using the linear approxim... MORE | |
| Evaluation without the linear approximations | |
| Uncertainty information fit for purpose | |
| Related Topics | |
| Measurement of vectors and functions | |
| Why take part in a measurement comparison? | |
| Other philosophies | |
| An assessment of objective Bayesian methods | |
| A guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement | |
| Measurement near a limit - an insoluble problem? | |
| References | |
| Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
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