Aspect of a
measurement procedure that may be quantitatively investigated and assessed as part of
procedure validation.
Notes: - Performance characteristics that may be considered in procedure validation are analytical selectivity, sensitivity of a measuring system, working interval, ruggedness of a measurement procedure, linearity of a measuring system, linearity of calibration, critical value, limit of detection, limit of quantification, measurement trueness, and measurement precision.
- Measurement uncertainty is not a performance characteristic of a particular measurement procedure but a property of the measurement result obtained using that measurement procedure.
Source:
PAC, 2021, 93, 997. 'Metrological and quality concepts in analytical chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 1031 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2019-0819)