nominal property value coverage set

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.10014

Subset of the nominal property value set containing the true nominal property value(s) of an examinand with a stated probability, based on the information available.

Example: A nominal property value coverage set for "Urine(midstream)—Bacterium; taxon" could be {\(Escherichia\ coli\), \(Staphylococcus\ epidermidis\)} as specified in Bergey's manual.
Source:
PAC, 2018, 90, 913. (Vocabulary on nominal property, examination, and related concepts for clinical laboratory sciences (IFCC-IUPAC Recommendations 2017)) on page 927 [Terms] [Paper]