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Evaluating Measurement Accuracy

A Practical Approach

  • The only comprehensive reference for measurement data processing
  • Proposes methods for including the effects of the instruments metrological characteristics in the evaluation of the accuracy of measurements
  • Brings the analysis of the problems of measurement data processing to the level of practical recommendations easily applied by practitioners
  • Emphasizes the universality of the presented methods by illustrating them through examples from diverse scientific fields

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. General Concepts in the Theory of Measurements

    • Semyon G. Rabinovich
    Pages 1-29
  3. Measuring Instruments and Their Properties

    • Semyon G. Rabinovich
    Pages 31-69
  4. Statistical Methods for Experimental Data Processing

    • Semyon G. Rabinovich
    Pages 71-100
  5. Direct Measurements

    • Semyon G. Rabinovich
    Pages 101-139
  6. Indirect Measurements

    • Semyon G. Rabinovich
    Pages 141-171
  7. Combined and Simultaneous Measurements

    • Semyon G. Rabinovich
    Pages 173-192
  8. Combining the Results of Measurements

    • Semyon G. Rabinovich
    Pages 193-208
  9. Conclusion

    • Semyon G. Rabinovich
    Pages 239-248
  10. Erratum

    • Semyon G. Rabinovich
    Pages E1-E2
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 249-271

About this book

"Evaluating Measurement Accuracy" is intended for anyone who is concerned with measurements in any field of science or technology. It reflects the latest developments in metrology and offers new results, but is designed to be accessible to readers at different levels: meteorologists, engineers and experimental scientists who use measurements as tools in their professions, graduate and undergraduate students in the natural sciences and engineering, and technicians performing complex measurements in industry, quality control, and trade.

The material of the book is presented from the practical perspective and offers solutions and recommendations for problems that arise in conducting real-life measurements. This inclusion is a notable and unique aspect of this title as complex measurements done in industry and trade are often neglected in metrological literature, leaving the practitioners of these measurements to devise their own ad-hoc techniques.

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“This book covers a range of topics related to the characterization and treatment of different types of errors in measurement and instrument calibration. … the author highlights the differences, and details the reasoning behind the alternate views so the researcher or practitioner can easily discern when these arguments are valid. The reader will be challenged, will undoubtedly learn new methods for the treatment of data and measurement errors, and will gain a deeper understanding of the subject. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students through professionals/practitioners.” (J. D. Drescher, Choice, Vol. 48 (1), September, 2010)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Basking Ridge, U.S.A.

    Semyon G. Rabinovich

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