1.1 This practice covers guidelines and statisticalmethodologies with which two parties, usually a supplier and areceiver, can compare and combine independently obtained testresults to obtain an Assigned Test Value (ATV) for the purpose ofresolving a product quality dispute.
1.2 This practice defines a technique for comparing an assignedtest value with a specification limit.
1.3 This practice applies only to those test methods whichspecifically state that the repeatability and reproducibilityvalues conform to the definitions herein.