In message <OFC2C1AA3A.ACD9BE11-ON8825777D.005BCA32-8825777D.005CB88B@US.Schneider-E lectric.com>, dated Thu, 12 Aug 2010, [email protected] writes:
>Do you mean the occasional misuse of the terms 'precision' and >'accuracy'? > I understand that an instrument can have a high precision but a low >accuracy, for example. Of course. Then there are 'calibration' and 'scaling', and 'repeatability, 'reproducibility' and 'variability'. Use a term incorrectly and you are almost burned at the stake. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK If at first you don't succeed, delegate. But I support unbloated email http://www.asciiribbon.org/ - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
