Standard Practice for Using Significant Digits and Data Records in Geotechnical Data

Importancia y uso:

5.1 The guidelines presented in this practice for retaining significant digits and rounding numbers may be adopted by the using agency or user. Their adoption should generally be used to calculate and record data when specified requirements are not included in a standard.

5.2 While this practice originated when most geotechnical data were manually collected and recorded on data forms, tables, or into computers, the use of digital acquisition, calculations, and reporting of data has become more common. When calculators and computers are used for data collection, the significant digits may not meet the requirements specified in this standard. Nevertheless, their use shall not be regarded as nonconforming with this practice.

5.3 The guidelines presented herein should not be interpreted as absolute rules but as guides to calculate and report observed or test data without exaggerating or degrading the precision of the values.

5.3.1 The guidelines presented emphasize recording data to enough significant digits or the number of decimal places to allow sensitivity and variability analyses to be performed.

Subcomité:

D18.91

Referida por:

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Volúmen:

04.09

Número ICS:

07.020 (Mathematics)

Palabras clave:

data; data management; determination value; measurement value; recording data; rounding numbers; significant digits; test result;