Environment
Parameter Tolerance Worksheet Features
This drill-down worksheet provides a useful tool for evaluating
measurement uncertainty for a given environment parameter.
The Tolerance Worksheet is activated by clicking the ID Number button to the left of the
environment parameter name entered into the Environment Parameters table on
the Environmental Factors
Uncertainty Worksheet. The
Tolerance Worksheet is a tool for estimating uncertainty due to environmental
or ancillary factors. It can be
used instead of entering data directly into the Environment Parameters table.
A set of procedures can be displayed on the right side of the Worksheet by selecting View Procedure on the menu. The procedures can be hidden by selecting Hide Procedure.
The Tolerance Worksheet can be used to estimate two types of
uncertainties: 1) uncertainty in an environmental/ancillary correction or
2) uncertainty due to environmental/ancillary variations. The
worksheet entry fields change slightly depending upon the uncertainty analysis
option that is chosen.
Environmental Correction Uncertainty
When this analysis option is selected, the upper portion of the Worksheet
provides Environment Parameter Data entry fields for the Parameter Name,
Measurement Area, Measurement Units, Reading, Full Scale, and Range that help
define the environment parameter of interest.
This portion of the worksheet is also used to develop a bias
uncertainty in the environment parameter.
The bottom half of the Worksheet contains the
Correction Uncertainty data entry and display fields. The Correction Uncertainty Section of the Worksheet is used
to compute a correction value for the environment parameter of interest and to
estimate the uncertainty in the correction.
The Bias Uncertainty is computed from user specified
±
Limits and In-Tolerance Probability (i.e., the probability that the
environment parameter bias is contained within the
±
limits). The Units for the
±
Limits are selected from a drop-down list.
The
±
Limits can be specified as a Fixed value, % of Reading, % of Scale, % of
Range, or any combination of these quantities.
When the Environmental Correction Uncertainty is being estimated, some
additional options appear at the bottom of the Tolerance Worksheet.
These options allow the user to add or subtract the Correction
Uncertainty to the SU Measurements (i.e., subject parameter measurements) or
the MTE Measurements (i.e., measuring parameter measurements). The
net sum of the Correction Uncertainties for all environment parameter
considered is displayed in the Env Correction field on the Measurement
Data Entry Worksheet for the Subject or Measuring Parameter.
Environmental Variation Uncertainty
When this analysis option is selected, the upper portion of the
Tolerance Worksheet provides Environment Parameter Data entry fields for the
Parameter Name, Measurement Area, Measurement Units, Nominal or Baseline, Full
Scale, and Range that help define the environment parameter of interest.
This portion of the worksheet is also used to develop an uncertainty in
the environmental variation.
The bottom half of the Worksheet contains the
Environmental Uncertainty data entry and display fields.
The Environmental Uncertainty Section of the Worksheet is used to
compute the uncertainty due to environmental or ancillary variations. The
Variation Uncertainty is computed from user specified
±
Limits and Containment Probability (i.e., the probability that the environment
parameter variation is contained within the
±
limits). The Units for the
±
Limits are selected from a drop-down list.
The
±
Limits can be specified as a Fixed value, % of Baseline, % of Scale, % of
Range, or any combination of these quantities.
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