Measure for Measure
2001
Column: Measure for Measure: Give Us Your Best
Best measurement capability is important and controversial--or is it?
Clause 6.1.4(c) of ISO/IEC Guide 58, the worldwide standard governing the operation of calibration and testing laboratory accreditation systems, states in part that an applicant calibration laboratory...
Column: Measure for Measure: Measuring the Internet
Properly analyzing good data can help you improve your Web site
The author discusses problems, possible solutions, and some tools in measuring the use of specific Internet web pages....
Measure for Measure: All You Ever Wanted to Know About Resolution
How to calculate measurement resolution's contribution to an uncertainty budget
The ISO Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement and many references based on it set forward a method for enumerating and quantifying various influences on a measurement that contribute to variation of the reported value. The method is...
Column: Measure for Measure: By Their Measures Shall Ye Know Them
Measurement results can cause undesired behaviors
When people are measured, they tend to operate in a way that optimizes the measurement result, even though to do so may be counterproductive or even silly. When this happens, the measurement system is distorted and doesn't drive the...
Gravity of the situation.
Understanding, finding and correcting an essential value
A standard value of gravity has been set at 980.665 gals, and many times you will find instruments calibrated with a correction to this standard value. After determining each measurement value, multiply it by this correction constant to get a value approp...
The Education of a Metrologist
Finding and using measurement science resources
Metrology (measurement science) is an interesting and unusual profession. He or she should also have specialized knowledge in several metrology and engineering areas--the most common being mechanical and dimensional measurements, electrical measurements, ...
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