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PUBLICATIONS

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)
Pub Weblink
http://www.nist.gov/itl/sed/gsg/uncertainty.cfm
Pub Type
Websites

Keywords

statistical inference, probability, delta method, change of variable formula, functions of random variables, Markov Chain Monte Carlo
Statistical analysis

Citation

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)

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Created November 9, 2011, Updated January 27, 2020
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