The process of adjusting a stable process to try to compensate for a result that is undesirable, or for a result that is extra good, the output that follows will be worse than if the tampered had left the process alone
Action taken to compensate for variation within the control limits of a stable system Tampering increases rather than decreases variation, as evidenced in the funnel experiment
Tampering with evidence, or evidence tampering, is an act in which a person alters, conceals, falsifies, or destroys evidence with the intent to interfere with an investigation (usually) by a law-enforcement, governmental, or regulatory authority. It is a criminal offense in many jurisdictions
Tampering with evidence, or evidence tampering, is an act in which a person alters, conceals, falsifies, or destroys evidence with the intent to interfere with an investigation (usually) by a law-enforcement, governmental, or regulatory authority. It is a criminal offense in many jurisdictions
To interfere improperly or in violation of the law such as to tamper with a document The term "jury tampering" means to illegally disrupt the independence of a jury member with a view to influencing that juror otherwise than by the production of evidence in open court
play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly; "Someone tampered with the documents on my desk"; "The reporter fiddle with the facts"
If someone tampers with something, they interfere with it or try to change it when they have no right to do so. I don't want to be accused of tampering with the evidence. tamper with to touch something or make changes to it without permission, especially in order to deliberately damage it
An instrument for pressing down tobacco in a pipe bowl, especially when a pipe is being re-lit, and the tobacco is too hot for comfortable finger tamping Formerly called a stopple Early stopples were usually clay Modern tampers are usually metal