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		<title>Statistical &amp; Thermal Physics (STP) Website</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2010 17:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Statistical and Thermal Physics is a collection of information and resources for teachers of Statistical and Thermal Physics. The resources in this collection are supplements to standard Statistical and Thermal Physics textbooks and include student activities, background information, and applications. The Statistical and Thermal Physics (STP) Collection is designed to enhance the teaching of undergraduate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commissioning a New Sensor</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Original Article dated: Dec 17, 2008 By: G. Raymond Peacock, Temperatures.com Inc. During the past year, I&#8217;ve been discussing some of the best practices required to successfully add a new sensor to your operations. This month, I&#8217;ll examine the next to the last step in the process: commissioning the sensor. In this phase, you&#8217;re simply [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get an Expert with Your Sensor</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 14:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This eighth essay in a series on Sensorsmag.com. It is reproduced here with permission of SensorsMag a Questex Media Group, Inc. publication. The format has been slightly changed to make it easier to read online. Jul 22, 2008 &#8211; by: G. Raymond Peacock, Temperatures.com Inc. &#8211; Sensors This is the eighth essay in a series [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reviewing Error Analysis</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the fifth essay in a series expanding on an article I wrote for Sensors (Sensorsmag.com) titled &#8220;A Twelve-Step Sensor Selection Checklist.&#8221; . (Note: It has been modified very slightly to make it more easily read in this format) This month, I&#8217;ll look at the phase of the sensor selection process in which you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Deming Model</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 07:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The teachings and experiences of W. Edwards Deming slowly took hold in my learning as I worked for a USA Steel Company in Ohio in the 1980s and &#8217;90s. I knew little about Quality Assurance when I first joined the organization, but got involved in their system of Statistical Process Control, that had been dubbed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Factors Influencing Measurement and Calibration Uncertainty</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: G. Raymond Peacock, Temperatures.com Inc. &#8211; As published in Sensors This is the third essay in a series expanding on an article I wrote for SensorsMag.com (Oct 23, 2007 ) titled &#8220;A Twelve-Step Sensor Selection Checklist&#8220;. This month&#8217;s piece deals with the factors that influence measurement and calibration uncertainty. (Note: It has been modified [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Research – Measurement –  Testing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While following a web lead the other day I found these most interesting measurement publications on sale at the PTB web site in Germany. Here&#8217;s some of the text and an image from their pages. Monograph series of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) Braunschweig, Germany &#8211; The monograph series serves to present subjects which ensue from, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deming Vs Dilbert: Background</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To get back into the real sharing activity and intent of this blog to share my experiences with visitors, I plan to begin a series of short stories about my measurement experiences in both a small and large organizations over my multiple careers in R&#038; D, Instrument Marketing and web publishing. In my multifaceted careers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NCSL International: A CALL TO ACTION FOR METROLOGY IN THE USA</title>
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		<comments>http://www.measurementblog.com/resource/ncsl-international-a-call-to-action-for-metrology-in-the-usa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 13:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NCSL International issues a call to action by the Metrology Community Boulder CO, USA &#8212; According to NCSL International&#8217;s Press release dated May 28th: The US Dept. of Labor rejects petition to recognize Metrology job descriptions in its proposed 2010 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) System&#8221; We know that Metrology is the bedrock upon which all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dynamic MSA</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Measurement System Analysis (MSA) as a dynamic, rather than static, beastie is discussed in a new online article entitled:Dynamic Analysis Offers a Better MSA Management Alternative on Semiconductor International, A Reed publication, by author Phillip H. Williams from Freescale Semiconductor. Among its answers to the question: &#8220;How often must we repeat our measurement system analysis?&#8221;, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Day NYC Symposium on Deming&#8217;s Analytic Papers</title>
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		<comments>http://www.measurementblog.com/resource/one-day-nyc-symposium-on-demings-analytic-papers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although many people know Dr. W. Edwards Deming mainly for his work in management, he is better known in the statistical and legal communities for his analytic work, especially sampling theory and practice. The Deming Institute is co-sponsoring a one-day symposium that will focus only on his statistical work. Papers for the September 24, 2007 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Basic Errors in Measurement</title>
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		<comments>http://www.measurementblog.com/resource/basic-errors-in-measurement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2007 23:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in the good old days (before PCs and hand-held calculators, that is) we used to do calculations the hard way; by hand! It seemed to give a little more significance to the actual results of a measurement or a series of them. At least I remember those early ones a heckofa lot better than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Online Measurement Uncertainty Guide</title>
		<link>http://www.measurementblog.com/measurement-qa/an-online-measurement-uncertainty-guide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.measurementblog.com/measurement-qa/an-online-measurement-uncertainty-guide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the previous post, I talked about measurement uncertainty and gave a few weblinks to, what I think are informative sites. In case you didn&#8217;t have time to look at the EuroChem one on Measurement Uncertainty, here&#8217;s both a link and a quick listing of the various sections of their online Guide to the subject. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uncertainty Breeds Inaccuracy..or what?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.measurementblog.com/measurement-qa/uncertainty-breeds-inaccuracyor-what/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In The August 24th Industrial Automation Newsletter at SensorMag.com I wrote a brief article about Uncertainty and how it is properly used in understanding and reporting measurements. After all, the process of making a measurement is always fraught with errors. The key to understanding them is statistics; make more than one measurement under prevailing conditions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gage R&amp;R For IR Thermometers?</title>
		<link>http://www.measurementblog.com/measurement-qa/gage-rr-for-ir-thermometers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.measurementblog.com/measurement-qa/gage-rr-for-ir-thermometers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gage R&#038;R is well-defined for..well..gages. What do you do when faced with a device that&#8217;s not a typical dimension gage? Say, what about the case of Infrared or IR Radiation Thermometers; can you do a Gage R&#038;R evaluation with them? Been there. Done that. But it wasn&#8217;t simply aiming an instrument into a blackbody furnace [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Measurement Results &amp; Actions</title>
		<link>http://www.measurementblog.com/measurement-qa/measurement-results-actions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part 3 of the saga of verifying the measurement of steel strip width on a continuous pickle line. (See the preceding two posts) Once the first Gage R&#38;R study results were in, we reported to our management. Not wanting to leave any stone unturned, they suggested that we repeat the Gage R&#38;R study using only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s This Gage  R&amp;R Stuff?</title>
		<link>http://www.measurementblog.com/measurement-qa/whats-the-gage-rr-stuff/</link>
		<comments>http://www.measurementblog.com/measurement-qa/whats-the-gage-rr-stuff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2007 20:35:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continuing my saga about measurement influences and getting the measurement devices correct (see the previous post). Here we were, called in to find out why the inspectors in the continuous pickle line were having problems with their &#8220;simple&#8221; measurements of strip width. The first thing we did was look at the data. Model 204 is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Way More Than Price!</title>
		<link>http://www.measurementblog.com/measurement-qa/its-way-more-than-price/</link>
		<comments>http://www.measurementblog.com/measurement-qa/its-way-more-than-price/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2007 16:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Getting the correct measurement is the goal of a measurement process &#8211; and it is a process!. Some people think buying the measuring device at a low price is the solution. Getting and using one (or more) involves way more than price! It&#8217;s a process in itself, too! Choosing and using a measurement device to [...]]]></description>
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