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Terminological problems around "accuracy" and "uncertainty".

R Dybkaer
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The consistent description and treatment of metrological data in laboratory medicine are hampered by the lack of a systematic, universally accepted nomenclature and by variations in the conceptual understanding of uncertainty. The differences between the classical approach to a result as consisting of a true value plus errors and the new approach of a measured corrected value with uncertainty based on a detailed uncertainty budget are discussed. The various definitions of some relevant concepts, including "accuracy", the new concept "trueness", and "precision", are contrasted, and proposed modification are presented.

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R Dybkaer. 1998. Terminological problems around "accuracy" and "uncertainty".. https://doi.org/10.1080/00365519850186814

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