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Resources for Traceability & Uncertainty

Traceability & Uncertainty of Measurements

The following table contains links to assessor training resources relating to the topics of Traceability and Uncertainty. Documents may be viewed and printed using a PDF viewer such as Adobe Reader software.*

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NIST Policy on Traceability
ILAC-P10:01/2013, ILAC Policy on Traceability of Measurement Results
ILAC-P14:01/2013, ILAC Policy for Uncertainty in Calibration
APLAC TC010, General Information on Uncertainly of Measurement
GUM: Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement
NIST Technical Note 1297, Guidelines for Evaluating and Expressing the
Uncertainty of NIST Measurement Results

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Created February 10, 2014, Updated January 24, 2017