Evaluating Measurement Accuracy

Scientists and engineers who rely on instruments, along with undergraduate and graduate students in the natural sciences and engineering, will find this second edition a thorough account of how measurement data is handled today. It covers both established theory and newer proposals for processing data in place of conventional techniques.

The book spans the whole process of measurement data processing, from building the theory behind indirect measurements to introducing alternative reduction methods. Its many worked examples show the kinds of problems that appear in practice, moving from general principles to applied cases. The scope includes single and repeated measurements, dependent and independent indirect measurements, combined measurements, and simultaneous measurements.

This edition adds more refined calibrated methods for indirect measurement and expands the Method of Enumeration with a longer introduction and explanation. A new chapter guides readers through the International Vocabulary of Metrology (VIM) and the Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement (GUM). Recommendations for realistic measurement scenarios are offered throughout, aimed at technicians and other practitioners working in industry.