proficiency testing scheme

synonym: PT scheme
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.08104
Proficiency testing designed and operated in one or more proficiency testing rounds for a specified area of testing, measurement, calibration, or inspection.
Notes:
  1. A proficiency testing scheme might cover a particular type or number of tests, measurements, calibrations or inspections on proficiency test items.
  2. The use of terms such as "ring test", "round robin", "intercalibration", "intercomparison", "collaborative study", etc. for proficiency testing schemes is not recommended in formal documents.
Source:
PAC, 2021, 93, 997. (Metrological and quality concepts in analytical chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)) on page 1034 [Terms] [Paper]