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Repeatability and reproducibility

EV and AV in Gage R&R

Repeatability (equipment variation, EV) is the variation when one operator measures the same part several times with the same gauge. Reproducibility (appraiser variation, AV) is the variation between the averages of different operators. Together they form the Gage R&R.

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Gage R&R (MSA): Crossed study with ANOVA: repeatability, reproducibility, %GRR, % tolerance and ndc.

Related terms

  • %GRR: gauge repeatability and reproducibility
  • ndc: number of distinct categories