Virtual Session from 13 to 15 May 2025

 

Target Audience 

Analysts, Laboratory Technicians in National Quality Control Laboratories

 

Scope

Chemical Analysis/Medical devices Analysis/ Microbial Analysis

 

Course Objectives: 

By the end of the training, participants are able to:

→ Understand the fundamentals of measurement uncertainty and its importance.

→ Identify and quantify different sources of uncertainty.

→ Apply statistical methods to evaluate uncertainty.

→ Construct and interpret an uncertainty budget.

→ Implement uncertainty estimation in laboratory and industrial settings.

 

Please find the presentations here.

 

Course Structure:

The course consisted of 3 sessions of 4 hours duration each:

Session 1: Statistical concepts, measurement uncertainty fundamentals and identifying uncertainty components

Session 2: Calculation of measurement uncertainty using a bottom-up approach, examples and exercises

Session 3: Calculation of measurement uncertainty using a top-down approach, examples and exercises. 

How to minimise uncertainty. How to use measurement uncertainty in statements of conformity.

 

Course duration:

Duration: 3 days – Tuesday, 13th May to Thursday, 15th May 2025.

 

Trainer

Dr. Ruth Hearn

 

PTB Contact:

Anna Reinhardt, Project Coordinator, anna.reinhardt@ptb.de

Lisa Köhler, Project Assistant, lisa.koehler@ptb.de