felutfallet

Felutfallet is a Swedish term used to describe the result of a process, decision, or measurement that is incorrect or erroneous. The word combines fel (error) with utfallet (outcome), and it is used to flag outcomes that deviate from the intended or true result due to faults in methods, data, instruments, or interpretation.

The term is applied across fields such as quality assurance, reliability engineering, statistics, auditing, and risk analysis to distinguish between valid outcomes and those compromised by a fault. In practice, identifying felutfallet involves methods for root cause analysis, inspection, validation against reference standards, and assessment of measurement uncertainty.

Examples include a manufactured component that passes a test but is later found to be unsuitable in service, a statistical estimate biased by systematic error, or a software output produced by a faulty algorithm. The concept emphasizes the presence of an actual fault that leads to an incorrect result, rather than outcomes that are merely uncertain. It is related to broader ideas such as error, fault, failure, misclassification, and bias, but its exact interpretation can vary by discipline and context.