INACCURACIES ASSOCIATED WITH ESTIMATING RANDOM MEASUREMENT ERRORS. DISCUSSION AND CLOSURE

A discussion of a paper with the aforementioned title by M.B. Jaksa, P.I. Brooker, and W.S. Kaggwa, published in this journal (Volume 123, Number 5, May 1997), is presented. The discussion expands on three of the paper's points: the merit of statistical procedures versus curve fitting, the nature of measurement error versus small-scale variation, and the meaning of uncertainty in interpolation of spatial data. Discussion is followed by closure from the authors.

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• Authors:
  • Baecher, G B
• Publication Date: 1999-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; References;
• Pagination: p. 79-81
• Serial:
  • Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
  • Volume: 125
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 1090-0241
  • Serial URL: http://ojps.aip.org/gto

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Curve fitting; Estimating; Geotechnical engineering; Interpolation; Measuring methods; Randomization; Statistical analysis
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Geotechnology; Highways; I41: General Soil Surveys;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00759793
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 18 1999 12:00AM