Every pass or fail statement on a calibration certificate is a bet. This guide to measurement decision risk uses goal posts, wind, and a coin flip to explain tolerance limits, specific versus global risk, and guard band sizing under JCGM 106:2012. A measured value sitting at the tolerance limit carries a 50 % probability of false acceptance, regardless of the TUR on the purchase order.
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