Title: percentage relative error
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - percentage relative error
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.P04486
Status: current

Definition
The relative error expressed in percent. It can be calculated from the relative error by multiplying by 100. Comment: The term 'percentage relative error' should always be quoted in full, rather than 'error' or 'percentage error' to avoid confusion.

Related Terms
- percent: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/P04483
- relative error: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/R05266

Source
- PAC, 1994, 66, 595. 'Nomenclature for the presentation of results of chemical analysis (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)' on page 601 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199466030595)

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Citation: Citation: 'percentage relative 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.P04486
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