©Fluke Calibration 2011 Basics Of Measurement Uncertainty for DMM Calibration 16
To summarize the importance of
measurement uncertainty….
From the NPL UK - “A Beginner's Guide to
Uncertainty of Measurement”
• Uncertainty of a measurement tells us something about
its quality
• Uncertainty of measurement is the doubt that exists
about the results of any measurement
• For every measurement – even the most careful – there
is always a margin of doubt
• You need to know the uncertainty before you can
decide whether the tolerance is met