Uncertainty and Variability

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-028999",
  "term": "Uncertainty and Variability",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. One of EPA's five Assessment Factors (see definition) that describes the extent to which the variability and uncertainty (quantitative and qualitative) in the information or in the procedures, measures, methods or models are evaluated and characterized.\n\n2. One of EPA’s five assessment factors (see definition) that describes the extent to which the variability and uncertainty (quantitative and qualitative) in the information or in the procedures, measures, methods, or models are evaluated and characterized (EPA 2003b).",
  "subject": "Policy and guidance",
  "references": [
    "Modeling Glossary",
    "EPA Guidance on the Development, Evaluation and Application of Environmental Models EPA/100/K-09/003 | March 2009 at http://www.epa.gov/crem/library/cred_guidance_0309.pdf"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/uncertainty-and-variability/"
}