Accuracy
closeness of agreement between a test result or measurement result and the true value. 1) In practice, the accepted reference value is substituted for the true value. 2) The term “accuracy,” when applied to a set of test or measurement results, involves a combination of random components and a common systematic error or bias component. 3) Accuracy refers to a combination of trueness and precision.b
b:ISO 3534-2:2006
Committee
Forensic Toxicology
Date Added to Lexicon
Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)
ANSI/ASB 055 Standard for Breath Alcohol Measuring Instrument Calibration . AAFS Academy Standards Board (ASB), 410 North 21st Street, Colorado Springs, CO , 2024.
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