Accurate laboratory results are essential for clinical decisions—but every measurement carries some uncertainty.

Measurement uncertainty is a critical parameter that reflects the degree of confidence in the results provided by analytical and clinical laboratories. It encompasses the evaluation of both random ...

Based on the EURAMET Calibration Guide No. 18 “Guidelines on the Calibration of Non-Automatic Weighing Instruments” 1–3 (represented as “EURAMET cg-18”), this QApp function offers a dynamic display of ...

In order to use the result of a chemical analysis for other purposes, its quality must be assessed. One important quality feature is the probability that the result coincides with the ‘true’ value. It ...

I previously talked about measurements (some) when I looked at the uncertainty in the distance to the Sun. One of the simple ways of determining the uncertainty of a calculated quantity is to use the ...

Let me start with a great analogy of experimental uncertainty. This is a diagram of the allegory of the cave from Plato. The basic idea of the cave is that people are in a cave (duh) looking at ...