Designation:E1323−15AnAmericanNationalStandardStandardGuideforEvaluatingLaboratoryMeasurementPracticesandtheStatisticalAnalysisoftheResultingData1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationE1323;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisguidecoverskeyelementsofanevaluationofalaboratory’smeasurementpracticesandthestatisticalanalysisoftheresultingdata.Thisguideaddressesanevaluationthatcoversabroadrangeofin-housequalitymeasurements,someofwhichmaybedirectlyrelatedtoaccreditationrequirements.1.2Thisguideprovidesanoverviewofthedocumentationneededforverificationandmonitoringofthepracticesusedinthelaboratoryformeasurement.Inaddition,itguidestheuserinverifyingthattheextentofdocumentationandthequalityofstatisticalevaluationsperformedonthedatabeinggeneratedissufficient.Theuserisadvisedtofullydocumentallworkcoveredbythescopeofthisguideasageneralprincipleoflaboratorypracticeandforauditpurposes,whetherinternalorexternal.1.3Thisguideisnotdesignedtobeexhaustiveforallaspectsofworkrealizedunderitsscope.Theuserisencour-agedtothoroughlyrealize(achieveinpractice)theprinciplessetforthinthisguide,consultingotherrelevantstandardsandindustrydocumentswhenappropriate.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2E177PracticeforUseoftheTermsPrecisionandBiasinASTMTestMethodsE178PracticeforDealingWithOutlyingObservationsE456TerminologyRelatingtoQualityandStatisticsE691PracticeforConductinganInterlaboratoryStudytoDeterminethePrecisionofaTestMethodE1169PracticeforConductingRuggednessTestsE2554PracticeforEstimatingandMonitoringtheUncer-taintyofTestResultsofaTestMethodUsingControlChartTechniquesE2587PracticeforUseofControlChartsinStatisticalProcessControlE2655GuideforReportingUncertaintyofTestResultsandUseoftheTermMeasurementUncertaintyinASTMTestMethods3.Terminology3.1Termsar...
