Fundamentals of Measurement Uncertainty
Learn about measurement uncertainty for both testing and calibration laboratories.
Learn a practical approach to measurement uncertainty (MU) applications, based on fundamental practices. Hear about MU for both testing and calibration laboratories and understand the steps required, accepted practices, and the types of uncertainties that need to be considered by an accredited laboratory.
Understand the importance of Measurement Uncertainties (MUs) and their marketplace impacts on tests and measurements. Attendees will learn techniques to calculate best measurement capabilities.
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Course Data
- CEU Hours: 0
- Length: 15 Hours
- ASQ RU: 1.5
- Audience: New to Quality or NextGen, Practitioner
- Provider: ASQ
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the need for measurement uncertainty
- Examine international practices and practical statistics
- Understand uncertainties and budgets
- Understand and calculate specific examples for measurement uncertainty
Prerequisites:
It is recommended that attendees have had exposure to some uncertainty budgets and have a basic understanding of Microsoft Excel. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own examples.Who Should Attend:
Laboratory management or technical staff responsible for the review of uncertainties and the calculation of uncertainties, assessors, and consultants for organizations seeking or maintaining accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025.- Hand out and review course material
- Welcome, introductions, goal setting
- Definitions and acronyms
- Key documents including ISO and ILAC
- Type A and Type B factors
- Root sum squaring
- Uncertainty software options
- Expressing measurement results and uncertainties
- Exercises for combining error terms, significant digits, rounding numbers, NIST 811 formatting, mean/median/mode
- Excel calculations and regression equations
- Example uncertainty budgets and calculations
- Uncertainty auditing tips
- Accreditation scopes and uncertainties
- CMC vs. MU vs. Z-540 uncertainties
- Uncertainty budget fundamentals
- Distribution factors in budgets
- Uncertainty guidance documents including accreditation body and ILAC
- Testing uncertainty categories
- Review of CITAC guide for testing uncertainties
- Control charting and repeatability studies
- Guard banding
- Alternatives to GUM uncertainties
- Attendee uncertainty troubleshooting
- Uncertainty and traceability
- Uncertainty and proficiency testing
- Exercise to create an uncertainty SOP
Format
This is a two-day, instructor-led course.
Materials Provided
Student handouts and materials will be provided on a USB drive.
Course Options
This course is delivered in a face-to-face format.
If you need to cancel, we will refund your paid registration fee as noted below.
• Requests for cancellations/transfers/substitutions received at least 30 calendar days before the start of the course can receive a full refund/transfer/substitution.
• There are no refunds within 30 calendar days before the start of the course.
• Requests to transfer or substitute received between 29 and 10 calendar days of the course starting incur a $150 processing fee.
• There are no transfers within 9 calendar days before the start of the course. Substitutes may be accepted if content has not been accessed by original registrant. Substitutions will incur a $150 processing fee.
• There are no refunds or substitutes if the content has been accessed.
• Enrolled students who fail to attend their registered course without advance notice are liable for the entire course fee. Substitutes will not be accepted after the course has begun.
• You must successfully complete the entire course or program before IACET CEUs and a Certificate of Completion can be awarded.
ANAB is not liable for failure to perform its obligations under this contract as a result of strikes, riots, curtailment of transportation, acts of God, or any other cause beyond its control. If the session is cancelled, the registration fee will be refunded or the fee can be transferred to an alternate session.
If you have a question regarding the ANAB cancellation policy, please contact David Feist at [email protected]
Enrollment Details
An instructor-led traditional classroom experience. Classroom-based instruction involves the highest level of instructor/student interaction. We offer classroom style training in two formats. See public and on-site.
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