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Appendix A
Summary of Specifications
Uncertainty Analysis
To perform an Uncertainty Analysis on a measurement device, you must be able to
identify all of the parameters that influence the measurement. You must be able to
quantify the magnitude of the potential error source and combine these into an overall
uncertainty statement.
To determine the expanded uncertainty on any manufacturers pressure
Transfer Standard (TS), you must identify the following four primary influences;
1.
Performance specifications of the TS
2. Long term Stability of TS
3. Uncertainty of the standard used to calibrate the TS
4. Environmental or installation influences that could cause errors in the TS
Performance Specifications
Performance specifications are the short-term measurement properties of the device.
These traditionally include linearity, hysteresis, and repeatability properties of the
transfer standard. There often is considerable confusion with the performance
specification because different manufacturers use different terms to describe the
performance characteristics of their instruments. The two most common terms used are
“Accuracy” and “Precision”. In both cases, as a minimum the manufacturers define these
terms to be the combined effects of linearity, hysteresis and repeatability. Since the
manufacturer defined the terms they used, this should not be a problem. However, it is
common that the user’s definition of these terms differs from the manufacturer’s and
therefore cause considerable confusion. For instance, the user may believe that the term
“Accuracy” includes all sources of uncertainty. This would include items 1 through 4
listed above which would be an all encompassing specification. The manufacturer may
define “Accuracy” as the performance specification which consists only of item 1 above.
The result would be that the instrument would not be capable of meeting the user’s
application because it would not meet the user’s definition of “Accuracy”.