Variation random

Repeated measurements of the same measurand on a series of identical measuring samples result in random variations (random errors), even under carefully controlled constant experimental conditions. These should include the same operator, same apparatus, same laboratory, and short interval of the time between measurements. Conditions such as these are called repeatability conditions (Prichard et al. [2001]). The random variations are caused by measurement-related technical facts (e.g., noise of radiation and voltage sources), sample properties (e.g., inhomogeneities), as well as chemical or physical procedure-specific effects. 

By careful proceeding of measurements random variations can be minimized, but fundamentally not eliminated. The appearance of random errors follow a natural law (often called the Gauss law ). Therefore, random variations may be characterized by mathematical statistics, namely, by the laws of probability and error propagation. 

Classifying varying measured values by their magnitude does not, as a rule, result in a uniform distribution over the whole variation range, but gives rise to a frequency distribution around the mean value, as shown, e.g., by the bar graph in Fig. 4.3a. 

Increasing the number of repeated measurements to infinity, while decreasing more and more the width of classes (bars), normally leads to a symmetrical bell-shaped distribution of the measured values, which is called Gaussian or normal distribution. 

The frequency density of the measured values p(y) shown in Fig. 4.3b is given by the relation 

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Random variations in experimental conditions also introduce uncertainty. If a method s sensitivity is highly dependent on experimental conditions, such as temperature, acidity, or reaction time, then slight changes in those conditions may lead to significantly different results. A rugged method is relatively insensitive to changes in experimental conditions. 

Errors affecting the distribution of measurements around a central value are called indeterminate and are characterized by a random variation in both magnitude and direction. Indeterminate errors need not affect the accuracy of an analysis. Since indeterminate errors are randomly scattered around a central value, positive and negative errors tend to cancel, provided that enough measurements are made. In such situations the mean or median is largely unaffected by the precision of the analysis. 

During the analysis numerous opportunities arise for random variations in the way individual samples are treated. In determining the mass of a penny, for example, each penny should be handled in the same manner. Cleaning some pennies but not cleaning others introduces an indeterminate error. 

The principal tool for performance-based quality assessment is the control chart. In a control chart the results from the analysis of quality assessment samples are plotted in the order in which they are collected, providing a continuous record of the statistical state of the analytical system. Quality assessment data collected over time can be summarized by a mean value and a standard deviation. The fundamental assumption behind the use of a control chart is that quality assessment data will show only random variations around the mean value when the analytical system is in statistical control. When an analytical system moves out of statistical control, the quality assessment data is influenced by additional sources of error, increasing the standard deviation or changing the mean value. 

Statistical Process Control. A properly miming production process is characterized by the random variation of the process parameters for a series of lots or measurements. The SPG approach is a statistical technique used to monitor variation in a process. If the variation is not random, action is taken to locate and eliminate the cause of the lack of randomness, returning the process or measurement to a state of statistical control, ie, of exhibiting only random variation. 

It should be noted that, even with optimal PIFs, errors are still possible. There are two reasons for this. Even in the optimal case, some random variability in performance will remain. These random variations correspond to the "common causes" of process variability considered in statistical process control. Variations in PIFs correspond to the "special causes" of variability considered within the same framework. 

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Note that, while the random chain twists always decrease the hopping amplitudes (all ()/ , + are negative), // (a) can be both positive and negative, as it is the alternating part of the fluctuations. As in the FCM, we consider white noise disorder with a correlation function given by Eq. (3.22). This corresponds to independent random variations of the hopping amplitudes <5/ on different bonds. 

As practiced by the UL, the procedure for selecting an RTI from Arrhenius plots usually involves making comparisons to a control standard material and other such steps to correct for random variations, oven temperature variations, condition of the specimens, and others. The stress-strain and impact and electrical properties frequently do not degrade at the same rate, each having their own separate RTIs. Also, since thicker specimens usually take longer to fail, each thickness will require a separate RTI. 

In practice, the absence of some form of noise on a detector trace is unusual, particularly when high-sensitivity detection is employed. There are two components of noise, namely the short-term random variation in signal intensity, the noise level , shown in Figure 2.5(b), and the drift , i.e. the increase or decrease in the average noise level over a period of time. 

The discussion above lacks basic data the purpose of our inventory is mainly to raise issues that need to be addressed in the future, and to try to develop a framework that relates these issues to each other, than to supply this lacking data. Because of that, the question of whether aspects of isotopic variation discussed above can be unequivocally identified in the archaeological record in Europe cannot yet be answered. We can, however, state that some form of patterning (as opposed to random variation) can often be observed. In many cases we observe patterns without knowing the precise causes, conceivably because they are the result of more than one factor e g., a climatic and a cultural effect. 

Mean and standard deviations, in % of the nominal concentration, found for simulations under various combinations of (a) random variation of EO, (b) volumetric (reading) error in Yl, and (c) use of a pH/lon-meter with a resolution of 0.1 or 0.001 mV. For the last line the exact volume V2 added was varied in the range 2... 3 ml to simulate actual working conditions, and 100 repetitions were run. 

Cyclical effect (which is not predictable) Seasonal effect (which is predictable) Random variation. 

All time series have random variation and may have none, any, or all of the other three. 

Random Walk. When random variation is large relative to the other effects the most efficient estimator of the response in period t+1 is the response at t. 

Assessing risks under fixed policies. Most project management packages allow for testing the effect on project outcomes of random variations in a range of basic properties of tasks. The simulation approaches discussed in Section 11.7 can extend this approach. 

Avoid having moving metal objects near the magnet when carrying out nOe difference experiments, to prevent random variations in frequency. A small line-broadening ( 2 Hz) can also be applied to the spectra before or after subtraction, to reduce subtraction artifacts. 

Each element ,y of a contingency table X can be thought of as a random variate. Under the assumption that all marginal sums are fixed, we can derive the expected values E(x,y) for each of the random variates [1] ... 

Notice that in comparisons such as these sometimes slight inconsistencies in the results can be obtained. In two cases A was considered better than B, and B better than C, yet C was judged superior to A This inconsistency or non-transitivity is known as Simpson s or de Condorcet s paradox. In this particular case it can perfectly well be attributed to random variation. Assessors who are not sure about their conclusion are forced to make a choice, which then can only be a random guess. It is possible, however, to obtain results which are conflicting and statistically significant at the same time A < B and B < C, but C < A. This situation may occur when the attribute to be assessed in the comparisons is open to different interpretations. Actually, this is a case of multicriteria decision making (see Chapter 26) and it may be impossible to rank the three products unambiguously... 

Subsequently 36 strains of aerobic endospore-forming bacteria, consisting of six Bacillus species and one Brevibacillus species could be discriminated using cluster analysis of ESMS spectra acquired in the positive ion mode (m/z 200-2000).57 The analysis was carried out on harvested, washed bacterial cells suspended in aqueous acidic acetonitrile. The cell suspensions were infused directly into the ionization chamber of the mass spectrometer (LCT, Micromass) using a syringe pump. Replicates of the experiment were performed over a period of six months to randomize variations in the measurements due to possible confounding factors such as instrumental drift. Principal components analysis (PCA) was used to reduce the dimensionality of the data, fol-... 

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