Title: examination error
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - examination error
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.10005
Status: current

Definition
Disagreement between an examined value and a reference nominal property value.

Notes
1) An examination error is either present or absent.
2) Examination error is associated with an examined value, but not with an examining system.
3) Examination error should not be confused with production error or mistake.

Examples
1) The reference nominal property value is "red" and the examined value is "pink". Narrative expression: The examined value disagrees with the reference nominal property value, so that an examination error is present.
2) The reference nominal property value is "BCD" and the examined value is "BCD". Narrative expression: The examined value agrees with the reference nominal property value, so there is no examination error.

Related Terms
- examined value: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/10000
- examining system: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/09986
- reference nominal property value: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/09998

Source
- PAC, 2018, 90, 913. 'Vocabulary on nominal property, examination, and related concepts for clinical laboratory sciences (IFCC-IUPAC Recommendations 2017)' on page 924 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2011-0613)

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Citation: Citation: 'examination error' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.10005
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