How do you calculate a simple accept/reject decision from a verification check?

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The main idea being tested is making a straightforward pass/fail decision using defined tolerance limits. You have a target value and an allowed range around it. You compare the measured value to those limits. If it stays within the tolerance, it passes; if it goes outside, it fails and you take action—such as retesting, recalibrating, or quarantining the item. This approach gives a clear, objective rule that ties the verification directly to the specification.

Averaging multiple measurements can reduce random error, but it changes the decision rule and can mask a single out-of-spec result, so it isn’t the simplest accept/reject method. Judging by how close the value is to the mean isn’t a defined acceptance criterion either, since there’s no specified tolerance around the mean. And whether the instrument sounds different isn’t a quantitative measurement to compare against a spec. The tolerance-based comparison provides a precise, actionable yes-or-no decision.