C.16.RM:9 - Consequences

The practitioner can change the contribution responsible for an inadequate measurement and recover a usable result. Available observations may suffice; an equipment change can simplify the inference; a computational repair can restore results without a new physical experiment.

A targeted repair also limits what is established. A successful local result may leave the fault’s cause, a wider operating regime or the uncertainty of a different quantity open. Those limits direct further work when its receiving question becomes current.