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free - NIST TN 1297| Summary publication |  |  |  |  |  | NIST 
Calibration Program 100 Bureau Drive - Stop 2330
 Gaithersburg, MD 20899-2330
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| Comprehensive publication |  |  | 
 $110 - Nonmembers
 U.S. Guide,
 ANSI/NCSL Z540-2-1997
 (U.S. version of the GUM)
 |  |  | NCSL International 2995 Wilderness Place, Suite 107
 Boulder, CO 80301-5404
 USA
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| Comprehensive publication |  |  | 
 $71 - VIM, 1993
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| Descriptions of above publications: |  | NIST TN 1297
 | NIST 
Technical Note 1297 (TN 1297) is a summary of the ISO Guide to the 
Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement (GUM). Single copies of NIST 
TN 1297 are available free of charge from the NIST Calibration 
Program. Orders will be shipped within about 1 week. For immediate access, 
the complete TN 1297 is also available online in a 
pdf version or in an 
html version. |  | ISO GUM
 | The ISO 
Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement, or GUM, 1995, is 
available in U.S. ($25) and international ($92) editions. The editions contain 
the same material, differing only in decimal marker, spelling, and size. The 
ISO International Vocabulary of Basic and General Terms in Metrology 
(VIM), 1993, a companion document to the GUM, is available only in an 
international edition ($71). The U.S. edition of the GUM is entitled: 
American National Standard for Expressing Uncertainty--U.S. Guide to the 
Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement, ANSI/NCSL Z540-2-1997 |  | ISO VIM
 | The 
International Vocabulary of Basic and General Terms in Metrology, or 
VIM, 1993, gives the definitions of many important terms relevant to the field 
of measurement. | 
 
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