Abstract
A recent editorial reviewed several definitions of quality. The limitations of these definitions are discussed here, with a simple suggestion to define quality as meeting a specified error rate whereby the required elements for an error rate are listed.
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Krouwer, J.S. Comments on the editorial "On quality of a measurement result". Accred Qual Assur 12, 263–264 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-006-0255-0
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