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How does NIST relate assessment to measurement in SP 800-55?

  1. The two are entirely distinct activities with no overlap at all between them, one of them judging against criteria and the other producing figures
  2. Assessment is the broader concept of evaluating against defined criteria, with measurement — obtaining quantitative values — inside it
  3. Measurement precedes assessment in every case
  4. Measurement is the broader concept of obtaining quantitative values, with assessment sitting inside it as one particular form that measurement takes
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Answer: B. Assessment is the broader concept of evaluating against defined criteria, with measurement — obtaining quantitative values — inside it

SP 800-55v1 makes assessment the wider idea — evaluating, estimating or judging against defined criteria — with measurement, the obtaining of quantitative values, sitting inside it.

Source: NIST SP 800-55 Vol. 1 (NIST) — Ch. 2 Assessment and Measurement

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