Standard Practice for
Utilization of Test Data to Determine Conformance with
Specifications1
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 3244; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope
1.1 This practice covers guidelines with which two parties,
usually a supplier and a receiver, can compare and combine
independently obtained test results whenever there is a product
quality dispute.
1.2 This practice defines a technique for comparing an
assigned test value with a specification limit.
1.3 This practice applies only to those test methods which
specifically state that the repeatability and reproducibility
values conform to the definitions herein.
2. Referenced Documents
2.1 ASTM Standards:
D 1319 Test Method for Hydrocarbon Types in Liquid
Petroleum Products by Fluorescent Indicator Adsorption2
D 4057 Practice for Manual Sampling of Petroleum and
Petroleum Products3
D 4177 Practice for Automatic Sampling of Petroleum and
Petroleum Products3
E 29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to
Determine Conformance with Specifications
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