Basic Training 4th Annual ICP Conference

Example Summary • IV example provides a more complete picture of uncertainty • Analyst must define significance of uncertainty contributions • Is <⅓ rule appropriate? • Sensitivity testing can confirm • Does the result make sense? • Is result consistent with specifications? • Scope • Customer • Instrument • Method

Uncertainty Review • Importance of measurement uncertainty • Strategies: • Identify uncertainty components • Fishbone diagram approach • Quantify uncertainty components • Use or existing data • Error budgeting

• Combining uncertainty components • Reporting measurement uncertainty