https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.09984
Process of experimentally obtaining one or more nominal property values that can reasonably be attributed to a nominal property.
Examples:
- Examination of genotype by, e.g. allele specific PCR or melting point analysis.
- Erythrocyte antigen examined by agglutination reactions with known antibodies.
Notes:
- The outcome of an examination is an examination result.
- The activity of examination essentially consists in comparing the property considered, i.e. the examinand by way of an examining system, with the property of a "reference" of similar nature. Such a reference may be personal and subjective, such as a person"s memory of a colour, or the reference may be objective, such as a nominal reference material.