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systematic error

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ID 709941 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain theory & method
  • mean that would result from an infinite number of measurements of the same measurand carried out under repeatability conditions minus a true value of the measurand
  • the difference between the expectation of the test result and an accepted reference value
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  • FR: erreur systématique [T40790] DE: systematischer Fehler [T40790]; systematische AbWeichung [U70061] FI: järjestelmällinen virhe [T40790]; systemaattinen virhe [U70061]
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systematic error preferred
Usage examples
  • 1. The operating records shall include, if appropriate, for each material balance area: ... (b) the data obtained from the calibration of tanks and instruments and from sampling and analysis, the procedures to control the quality of measurements and the derived estimates of random and systematic error ...
  • 2. Systematic error is equal to error minus random error. Like true value, systematic error and its causes cannot be completeiy known.
  • 2. Systematic error is equal to error minus random error. Like true value, systematic error and its causes cannot be completely known.
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