The uncertainty associated with the weighted mean of measurement data

Metrologia

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 195-204

  Zhang, Nien Fan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; UNCERTAINTY COMPONENTS; VARIANCE ESTIMATORS; WEIGHTED MEAN;

MEASUREMENT THEORY;

EID: 33744784004     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/43/3/002     Document Type: Article

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