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.
Source:
PAC, 2018, 90, 913. 'Vocabulary on nominal property, examination, and related concepts for clinical laboratory sciences (IFCC-IUPAC Recommendations 2017)' on page 917 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2011-0613)