PHY.9:4.5 - Determine the distinctions the readout supports

Compose the physical response with the actual recording procedure through C.16.MR. Use MMP.7 when the conclusion requires a probability law for those records. Retain common influences, saturation, timing and finite resolution when they affect the conclusion.

Determine whether different target values remain compatible with the same possible records. If they do, identify which interaction, preparation or readout could separate the relevant alternatives. A local slope measures a local response; it does not resolve a periodic ambiguity or a shared unknown parameter.

Use the uncertainty or error model appropriate to the inference. Strongly nonlinear conversion can change both an estimate and its uncertainty; do not assume that converting an average is equivalent to averaging the converted quantity. Apply the necessary mathematical propagation or inference method, rather than treating a sensitivity coefficient as a complete answer.

When several parameters or performance goals matter, compare achievable combinations under the available resources. Different measurements can favor different parameters. Use C.16 to characterize those combinations and C.11 when choosing between available arrangements.