ISBN 9985-59-609-9 Paper-back, 17,5 cm X 25,0 cm, 532 g
This 272 page book, published in 2006, is a suitable textbook for metrology courses on post-secondary level and an invaluable tool for the practitioner.
The book contains basic and essential facts on measurement. Starting from a presentation of the concepts of physical quantity, the value of a physical quantity and unit of measurement, the authors discuss measurement as a process that has the object of determining a value of a quantity.
Measurands are treated as stochastic variables, and a theoretical model for the result of measurement as an estimate of the value of the measured quantity is presented.
The reliability of measurement results is discussed thoroughly; in particular, uncertainty of measurement and its estimation. In this connection, an account is given of relevant parts of mathematical statistics and the propagation of uncertainty of measurement.
Separate sections deal with comparison and presentation of the results of measurement, properties of measuring instruments and their calibration and with the international metrological infrastructure.
Practical use of the described methods is illustrated by numerous examples. The terminology used, and the approach to uncertainty of measurement, are fully in line with internationally accepted recommendations
Bipacked to the book is an educational version of the tool for uncertainty analysis, GUM Workbench.
