| Abstract | The calculation of measurement uncertainties follows the law of error propagation as described in the Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurements (GUM). The result can be expressed as a contribution of the variances of the individual input quantities and an additional term related to the correlation between the input quantities. In practical applications, the correlations are usually neglected. This has, e.g., led to the expression included in Annex A of ISO 17497-1 to calculate the precision of the measurement of random-incidence scattering coefficients. To determine whether it is actually justified to neglect the input correlations, this contribution investigates the correlations between the reverberation times used to determine the random-incidence absorption coefficient (ISO 354) and scattering coefficient (ISO 17497-1) in a reverberation chamber. The data used here are taken from measurements in a real-scale and a small-scale reverberation chamber. It is found that for ISO 354 correlations can be neglected. However, for ISO 17497-1, it is important to take correlations into account to obtain the correct measurement uncertainty using error propagation. |
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