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Tutorial for Metrologists on the Probabilistic and Statistical Apparatus Underlying the GUM and Related Documents
Published
Author(s)
Antonio M. Possolo, Blaza Toman
Abstract
A review and précis of the meaning and calculus of probability, including random variables, probability distributions, functions of random variables, and of Bayesian statistical inference, with many illustrative examples.
Citation
Div 776 Metrology pages in the World Wide Web (external)
Possolo, A.
and Toman, B.
(2011),
Tutorial for Metrologists on the Probabilistic and Statistical Apparatus Underlying the GUM and Related Documents, Div 776 Metrology pages in the World Wide Web (external), [online], http://www.nist.gov/itl/sed/gsg/uncertainty.cfm
(Accessed October 22, 2025)