Measurement method pro-tip
Husain Shekhani • July 6, 2021
The easiest way to achieve more accurate and repeatable measurements is to take more of them. However, this will take significantly more resources if more samples are to be tested and it will take significantly more time if experiments are to be repeated.
That being said, the first tier of improving repeatability and accuracy of measurements is to take three measurements at each measurement instance. The benefits are:
- The average value will get you a more accurate and repeatable result
- You can determine the standard deviation of individual measurements, by assessing all the repeats together
- The execution time of the experiment does not increase much