5. Cumulative income statement

A measurement result corresponds either to an individual measurement value, obtained by a single observation, or to a cumulative value of individual measurements. Whatever the case, the rules for presenting results are the same and are outlined below.

A measurement result must always be accompanied by a measurement uncertainty.

The general rule for the presentation of a measurement result, whether resulting from a single measurement or an accumulation of several measurement values, is as follows.

When the value of a measurement is greater than the decision threshold x _C , the measurement result is given in the form :