TY - BOOK AU - Kirkup,Les AU - Frenkel,Bob TI - An introduction to uncertainty in measurement using the GUM (Guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement) SN - 978 0 521 84428 4 U1 - 531.7/K58 21 PY - 2006/// CY - Estados Unidos PB - Cambridge University Press KW - INGENIERÍA KW - FORMACIÓN PROFESIONAL KW - CIENTÍFICOS N1 - Incluye índice: páginas 229-233; Referencias bibliográficas: páginas 226-229; 1. The importance of uncertainty in science and technology -- 2. Measurement fundamentals -- 3. Terms used in measurement -- 4. Introduction to uncertaunty in measurement -- 5. Some statistical concepts -- 6. Systematic errors -- 7. Calculation of uncertainties -- 8. Probability density, the Gaussian distribution and central limit theorem -- 9. Sampling a Gaussian distribution -- 10. The t-distribution and Welch-Satterthwaite formula ER -