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ChapterMeasurement Theory for Engineers pp 87-94Measurement Uncertainty: Error Propagation FormulaIlya GertsbakhAffiliated withDepartment of Mathematics, Ben Gurion University error propagation example of the Negev Buy this eBook * Final gross prices may error propagation division vary according to local VAT. Get Access Abstract So far we have dealt with various aspects of
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uncertainty in measuring a single quantity. In Sect. 4.4 it was a measurement of weight; in Sect. 4.5 we analyzed results from measuring pull strength. In most
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real-life situations, the measurement process involves several quantities whose measurement result is subject to uncertainty. To clarify the exposition, let us consider a rather simple example. If a man will begin with certainty, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content with doubts, he shall end in certainties.Francis Bacon, The Advancement of error propagation khan academy Learning Page %P Close Plain text Look Inside Chapter Metrics Provided by Bookmetrix Reference tools Export citation EndNote (.ENW) JabRef (.BIB) Mendeley (.BIB) Papers (.RIS) Zotero (.RIS) BibTeX (.BIB) Add to Papers Other actions About this Book Reprints and Permissions Share Share this content on Facebook Share this content on Twitter Share this content on LinkedIn Supplementary Material (0) References (0) About this Chapter Title Measurement Uncertainty: Error Propagation Formula Book Title Measurement Theory for Engineers Pages pp 87-94 Copyright 2003 DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-08583-7_5 Print ISBN 978-3-642-05509-6 Online ISBN 978-3-662-08583-7 Publisher Springer Berlin Heidelberg Copyright Holder Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg Additional Links About this Book Topics Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes Measurement Science and Instrumentation Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences Industrial and Production Engineering Industry Sectors Pharma Automotive Biotechnology Finance, Business & Banking Consumer Packaged Goods Oil, Gas & Geosciences Engineering eBook Packages Springer Book Archive Authors Ilya Gertsbakh (2) Aut
propagation of error) is the effect of variables' uncertainties (or errors, more specifically random errors) on the uncertainty of a function based on them. When the variables are the values of
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experimental measurements they have uncertainties due to measurement limitations (e.g., instrument precision) which error propagation chemistry propagate to the combination of variables in the function. The uncertainty u can be expressed in a number of error propagation log ways. It may be defined by the absolute error Δx. Uncertainties can also be defined by the relative error (Δx)/x, which is usually written as a percentage. Most commonly, the uncertainty http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-662-08583-7_5 on a quantity is quantified in terms of the standard deviation, σ, the positive square root of variance, σ2. The value of a quantity and its error are then expressed as an interval x ± u. If the statistical probability distribution of the variable is known or can be assumed, it is possible to derive confidence limits to describe the region within https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propagation_of_uncertainty which the true value of the variable may be found. For example, the 68% confidence limits for a one-dimensional variable belonging to a normal distribution are ± one standard deviation from the value, that is, there is approximately a 68% probability that the true value lies in the region x ± σ. If the uncertainties are correlated then covariance must be taken into account. Correlation can arise from two different sources. First, the measurement errors may be correlated. Second, when the underlying values are correlated across a population, the uncertainties in the group averages will be correlated.[1] Contents 1 Linear combinations 2 Non-linear combinations 2.1 Simplification 2.2 Example 2.3 Caveats and warnings 2.3.1 Reciprocal 2.3.2 Shifted reciprocal 3 Example formulas 4 Example calculations 4.1 Inverse tangent function 4.2 Resistance measurement 5 See also 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External links Linear combinations[edit] Let { f k ( x 1 , x 2 , … , x n ) } {\displaystyle \ ρ 4(x_ ρ 3,x_ ρ 2,\dots ,x_ ρ 1)\}} be a set of m functions which are linear combinations of n {\displaystyle n} variable
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