1 Scope
This document specifies experimental procedures and statistical analysis for the determination
of measurement uncertainty in situations where the following conditions are fulfilled:
Condition 1:
The level of the measurand is non-negative, e.g. concentration level of a contaminant
in a sample.
Condition 2:
Measurement error consists of two independent components: for one of these components
the relative standard deviation is constant (that is, the absolute deviation is proportional
to the level of the measurand), whereas for the other component the absolute standard
deviation is constant (that is, independent of the level of the measurand).
Condition 3:
Samples for different levels of the measurand can be made available; if the level
of the measurand is the concentration of a chemical substance, samples could be obtained
e.g. by fortifying (spiking) blank samples.
Conditions 1 and 2 are met...