Calibration and Measurement Assurance

Burns, G. W.; Scroger, M. G.; Strouse, G. F.; Croarkin, M. C.; Guthrie, W. F.; Temperature-Electromotive Force Reference Functions and Tables for the Letter- Designated Thermocouple Types Based on the ITS-90, National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.) Monograph 175, 1993, 630p.

Burns, G. W.; Strouse, G. F.; Mangum, B. W.; Croarkin, M. C.; Guthrie, W. F.; et al, (1992). New Reference Function for Platinum-10% Rhodium vs. Platinum (Type S) Thermocouples Based on the ITS-90, Parts I and II. Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Temperature. 1992 April 28-30, May 1; Toronto, Canada. November, 1992. 537-546.

Burns, G. W.; Strouse, G. F.; Croarkin, M. C.; Guthrie, W. F.; Chattle, M., (1992). New Reference Functions for Platinum-30% Rhodium vs. Platinum-6% Rhodium (Type B) and Platinum-13% Rhodium vs. Platinum (Type R) Thermocouples Based on the ITS-90. Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Temperature; 1992 April 28-30, May 1; Toronto, Canada. November, 1992. 559-564.

Guthrie, W. F.; Croarkin, M. C; Burns, G. W.; Strouse, G. F.; et al, (1992). Statistical Analysis of Type S Thermocouple Measurements on the International Temperature Scale of 1990. Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Temperature; 1992 April 28-30, May 1; Toronto, Canada. November, 1992. 547-552.

Burns, G. W., Strouse, G. F., Mangum, B. W., Croarkin, M. C., Guthrie, W. F.; et al, (1993). "Determination of (t(90) - t(68)) between 630.615 øC and 1064.18 øC". Proceedings of the Consultative Committee on Temperature.

Cameron, J. M. (1977). "Measurement Assurance," NBSIR 77-1240.

Cameron, J.M., Croarkin, M. C., Raybold, R.C. (1977). "Designs for the Calibration of Standards of Mass," NBS Tech. Note 952.

Cameron, J. M. and Hailes, G. E., (1974). "Designs for the Calibration of Small Groups of Standards in the Presence of Drift," NBS Technical Note 844.

Cameron, J. M. and Eicke, W. G. (1967). "Designs for Surveillance of the Volt Maintained by a Small Group of Saturated Standard Cells," NBS Technical Note 430.

Carino, N.J.; Guthrie, W. F.; Lagergren, E.S., Effects of Testing Variables on the Measured Compressive Strength [90 MPa] Concrete, NISTIR 5405 [FHWA].

Carino, N.J.; Guthrie, W. F.; Lagergren, E.S.; Mullings, G.M., Effects of Testing Variables on the Strength of High-Strength [90 MPa] Concrete Cylinders, Special Publication of the American Concrete Institute Proceedings of International Conference on High Performance Concrete, Singapore, November 1994.

Clague, F. R. and Splett, J. D. "Developing a NIST Coaxial Microwave Power Standard at 1mW," Proceedings of the National Conference of Standards Laboratories 1994 Workshop and Symposium, Chicago, Illinois, July 31 - August 4, 1994.

Croarkin, Mary C. (1989). "An Extended Error Model for Comparison Calibration," Metrolgia 26, 107-113.

Croarkin, Carroll. (1985). "Measurement Assurance Programs Part II: Development and Implementation," NBS Spec. Publ. 676-II (revised).

Croarkin, C. and Varner, R. N. (1983). "Measurement Assurance for Dimensional Measurements on Integrated-Circuit Photomasks," NBS Tech. Note 1164.

Croarkin, C., Beers, J., and Tucker, C. (1979). "Measurement Assurance for Gage Blocks," NBS Mono. 163.

Datla, R. U., Croarkin, M. C. and Parr, A. C. (1994). "Cryogenic Blackbody Calibrations at the NIST Low Background Infrared Calibration Facility." NIST J. Res., Vol. 99(1), p.77.

Eckerle, K. L., Hsia, J. J., and Liggett, W. S. (1984). "Geometrical Alignment Errors in the Measurement of Prismatic Retroreflectors," COLOR Research and Application, 9, 23-28.

Ehrstein, J. R. and Lechner, J. A. (1975). "Two probe method" Section in "Semiconductor Measurement Technology," NBS SP 400-8, 14-17.

Goldman, A., McGuire, D. and Croarkin, C. (1987). "Assigning Values to In-house Standard UFsdo3(6) Cylinders." 3rd Int'l Conf. on Facility Operations - Saftguards Interface of the ANS.

Hwang, J. T. G. and Liu, H. K. "Application of empirical linear prediction to quality assurance in industrial manufacturing," Physical & Engineering Sci.: Proceedings of The 1994 Joint Stat. Meetings, to appear.

Iyer, H. K. and Vecchia, D. F. (1986). "Model and design considerations for calibration in the presence of drift," Technical Report 86-5, Colorado State University.

Kacker, Raghu N. (July 31-August 4, 1994). "Industrial Calibration System," Proceedings of the workshop and symposium of the National Conference of Standards Laboratories, Chicago, pp. 523-541.

Kacker, Raghu N. and Koike, Masayoshi. (July 11-13, 1994). "Industrial Calibration System," Proceedings of International Conference: Statistics in Industry, Science and Technology, Tokyo, pp. 364-381.

Kanipe, L. G., Seale, S. K., and Liggett, W. S. (1979), "Evaluation of Standard Library Spectra for Use in the Least-Squares Resolution of Environmental Gamma-Ray Spectra," in Computers in Activation Analysis and Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy, eds. B.S. Carpenter, M.D. D'Agostino and H.P. Yule, CONF-780421, U.S. Department of Energy, pp. 448-455.

Kanipe, L. G., Seale, S. K., and Liggett, W. S. (1978), "Least-Squares Resolution of Gamma-Ray Spectra in Environmental Samples," TVA/EPA-78/02, Tennessee Valley Authority, Chattanooga, TN.

Larsen, N. T., Vecchia, D. F.and Sugar, G. R. (1985). "VOR calibration services," Technical Note 1069, National Bureau of Standards, 191 p.

Lechner, James A., Reeve, Charles P. and Spiegelman, Clifford H. (1982). "An Implementation of the Scheffe Approach to Calibration Using Spline Functions, Illustrated by a Pressure-Volume Calibration," Technometrics Vol. 24, No. 3.

Lechner, J. A., Reeve, C. P. and Spiegelman, C. H. (1982). "An implementation of the Scheffe' approach to calibration using spline functions, illustrated by a pressure-volume calibration." NBSIR 80-2151 and Technometrics 24, 229-234.

Lechner, James A., Reeve, Charles P. and Spiegelman, Clifford H. (1980). "A New Method of Assigning Uncertainty in Volume Calibration,"NBSIR 80-2151.

Liggett, W. S. (1994), "Replicate Measurements for Data Quality and Environmental Modeling," in Handbook of Statistics Volume 12: Environmental Statistics, (Monograph), eds. G. P. Patil and C. R. Rao, Amsterdam: North Holland Publishers, pp. 71-102.

Liggett, W. S. and Ehara, K. (1993), "Experimental Optimization of Peak Shape with Application to Aerosol Generation," in 1993 Proceedings of the Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences, Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association, pp. 174-182.

Liggett, W. S. (1993), "Scientific Protocols in Statistical Standards for Environmental Studies," in 1993 Proceedings of the Section on Quality and Productivity, Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association, pp. 38-43.

Liggett, W. S. (1985), "Statistical Aspects of Designs for Studying Sources of Contamination," in Quality Assurance for Environmental Measurements, ASTM STP 867, eds. J. Taylor and T. Stanley, Philadelphia, PA: American Society for Testing and Materials, pp. 22-40.

Liggett, W. S. (1984), "Detecting Elevated Contamination by Comparisons with Background," Environmental Sampling for Hazardous Waste, (Monograph), eds. G.E. Schweitzer and J.A. Santolucito, Washington, DC: American Chemical Society, pp. 119- 128.

Liggett, W. S. (1983), "Calibration for Measurements with Background Correction Applied to Uranium-235 Enrichment," Nuclear Instruments and Methods, 216, 455-470.

Mulrow, J. M., Vecchia, D. F., Buonaccorsi, J. P. and Iyer, H. K. (1988). "Problems with interval estimation when data are adjusted via calibration," Journal of Quality Technology, 20, 233-247.

Parobeck, P., Tomb, T., Ku, H. H. and Cameron, J. M. (1981). "Measurement assurance program for weighings of respirable coal mine dust samples," J. Quality Tech, 13(3), pp. 157-165.

Reeve, Charles P. (1988). "A New Statistical Model for the Calibration of Force Sensors," NBS Technical Note 1246.

Reeve, Charles P. (1980). "The Calibration of Angle Blocks by Intercomparison," NBSIR 80-1967.

Reeve, Charles P. (1979). "The Calibration of a Roundness Standard," NBSIR 79-1758.

Reeve, Charles P. and Veale, Ralph C. (1976), "The Calibration of a Pentaprism," NBSIR 76-993.

Reeve, Charles P. (1975). "The Calibration of Indexing Tables by Subdivision," NBSIR 75-750.

Reeve, Charles P. (1975). "The Calibration of an Optical Flat by Interferometric Comparison to a Master Optical Flat," NBSIR 75-975.

Reeve, Charles P. (1974). "A Method of Calibrating Two-Dimensional Reference Plates," NBSIR 74-532, (issued January 1980).

Reeve, Charles P. and Veale, Ralph C. (1973). "A Survey of the Stability of Optical Flats," NBSIR 73-232.

Shen, M. A.; Davis, G. T.; Mopsik, F.; Guthrie, W. F.; Chen, W. T.; Livingston, E.; Lee, L.; Robbins, W.; Lee, C.; Henderson, P.; Pecht, M.L.; Lee, C.Y.; Dion, J.; et. al., An Industry/Government/University Partnership: Measuring Sub-Micrometer Strain in Polymer Films. Proceedings of the IPC Printed Circuits Expo, April 1994; Boston, MA.

Souders, T. Michael and Lechner, J. A. (1980). "A technique for measuring the equivalent RMS input noise of A/D converters." IEEE Trans. on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. IM-29, December 1980; also presented at ASA meeting, 251-256.

Stenbakken, G. N., Souders, T. M., Lechner, J. A. and Boggs, P. T. (1985). "Efficient calibration strategies for linear, time invariant systems." Proceedings 1985 AUTOTESTCON Conference, IEEE Press, New York.

Turgel, T., Mulrow, J. M. and Vecchia, D. F. (1988). "NBS phase angle calibration services," Special Publication 250-26, National Bureau of Standards, 107 p.

Turgel, T. and Vecchia, D. F. (1987). "Precision calibration of phasemeters," IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 36, 918-922.

Varner, R. N. (1980). "Mass Calibration Computer Software," NBS Technical Note 1127.

Veale, Ralph C. and Reeve, Charles P. (1974). "A Survey of the Temporal Stability of Angle Blocks," NBSIR 74-601.

Vecchia, D. F., Iyer, H. K. and Chapman, P. L. (1989). "Calibration with randomly changing standard curves," Technometrics, 31, 83-90.

Vecchia, D. F. and Iyer, H. K. (1989). "Exact distribution-free tests for equality of several linear models," Communications in Statistics-Theory and Methods, 18, 2467-2488.

Vecchia, D. F. and Iyer, H. K. (1986). "Calibration in some random coefficient regression models," Technical Report 86-6, Colorado State University.

Vecchia, D. F. (1980). "Fourier transformation of the nonlinear VOR model to approximate linear form," Technical Note 1021, National Bureau of Standards, 24 p.

Wang, C. M., Vecchia, D. F., Young, M. and Brilliant, N. A. (1994). "Software for performing gray-scale measurements of optical fiber end faces," Technical Note 1370, National Institute of Standards and Technology, to appear, 18 p.

Whetstone, J. R., Pontius, P. E., Baker, S. M., Lechner, J. A. and Spiegelman, C. H. (1979). "Facts and fallacies of process tank calibration." Proceedings of the 20th Annual Meeting of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management.