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Errors during the measurement process
Errors in measurement systems can be divided into those that
-----arise during the measurement process
-----those that arise due to later corruption of the measurement
signal by induced noise during transfer of the signal from the
point of measurement to some other point.

to determining how the calculated error levels in each separate measurement

should be combined together to give the best estimate
Errors arising during the measurement process

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Such perturbations are mainly small, but large perturbations occur from time to
time, again unpredictably
Measurements are taken by human observation

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Disturbance of the measured system by the act of measurement is a

common source of systematic error.

An environmental input is defined as an apparently real input to a

measurement system that is actually caused by a change in the
environmental conditions surrounding the measurement system.

Systematic errors can frequently develop over a period of time because of

wear in instrument components.

In connecting together the components of a measurement system, a

common source of error is the failure to take proper account of the
resistance of connecting leads

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Random errors in measurements are caused by unpredictable variations

in the measurement system.

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