Quantifying Repeatability Reproducibility Sources of Error and Capacity of a Measurement: Demonstrated Using Laboratory Soil Plasticity Tests

<table class="table-group" id="tab6"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Test method</td><td class="align_center">No. of soil samples (<i>I</i>)</td><td class="align_center">No. of operators (<i>J</i>)</td><td class="align_center">No. of replicate tests per operator (<i>m</i>)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Casagrande cup LL test</td><td class="align_center" rowspan="4">5<sup>a</sup></td><td class="align_center" rowspan="4">3</td><td class="align_center" rowspan="4">3</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Fall cone LL test</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">ASTM PL test</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Bar linear shrinkage test</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div><sup>a</sup>Minus No. 40 sieved granular-road surface material with 0%, 3%, 6%, 9%, and 12% added bentonite.<br/></div></td></tr></table>

<div>Laboratory testing matrix used in this study.</div>

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Table 6: Quantifying Repeatability Reproducibility Sources of Error and Capacity of a Measurement: Demonstrated Using Laboratory Soil Plasticity Tests 

Table 6 | Quantifying Repeatability Reproducibility Sources of Error and Capacity of a Measurement: Demonstrated Using Laboratory Soil Plasticity Tests 