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UPPER ERROR LIMIT [4 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 1998-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
CONT

The specified value [as in the definition of fiducial error] is generally called the fiducial value, and may be, for example, the span or the upper limit of the nominal range of the measuring instrument.

OBS

fiducial error (of a measuring instrument): Error of a measuring instrument divided by a value specified for the instrument.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
CONT

La valeur spécifiée [dans la définition de l'erreur réduite conventionnelle] est généralement appelée valeur conventionnelle et peut être, par exemple, l'intervalle de mesure ou la limite supérieure du calibre de l'instrument de mesure.

OBS

erreur réduite conventionnelle (d'un instrument de mesure) : Rapport de l'erreur d'un instrument de mesure à une valeur spécifiée pour l'instrument.

Spanish

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Record 2 1993-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Auditing (Accounting)
  • Government Accounting
DEF

The sum of taintings which can be tolerated without causing the upper error limit to exceed materiality in the sample error evaluation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vérification (Comptabilité)
  • Comptabilité publique
DEF

Somme des taux d'altération que l'on peut tolérer sans que la limite supérieure d'erreur ne dépasse l'importance relative dans l'évaluation des erreurs relevées dans l'échantillon examiné.

Spanish

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Record 3 1993-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Auditing (Accounting)
  • Government Accounting
DEF

The maximum error rate that the auditor is willing to accept.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vérification (Comptabilité)
  • Comptabilité publique
DEF

Taux d'erreur maximal acceptable pour le vérificateur.

Spanish

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Record 4 1989-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Methods
DEF

A measure of the possible extent of errors in the population.

CONT

The UEL is the greatest amount of population error which the auditor would have had the specified confidence of having detected (by finding sample results less favorable than those actually observed).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes statistiques

Spanish

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