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As noted in the last section, the correct answer to an analysis is usually not known in advance. So the key question becomes How can a laboratory be absolutely sure that the result it is reporting is accurate First, the bias, if any, of a method must be determined and the method must be validated as mentioned in the last section (see also Section 5.6). Besides periodically checking to be sure that all instruments and measuring devices are calibrated and functioning properly, and besides assuring that the sample on which the work was performed truly represents the entire bulk system (in other words, besides making certain the work performed is free of avoidable error), the analyst relies on the precision of a series of measurements or analysis results to be the indicator of accuracy. If a series of tests all provide the same or nearly the same result, and that result is free of bias or compensated for bias, it is taken to be an accurate answer. Obviously, what degree of precision is required and how to deal with the data in order to have the confidence that is needed or wanted are important questions. The answer lies in the use of statistics. Statistical methods take a look at the series of measurements that are the data, provide some mathematical indication of the precision, and reject or retain outliers, or suspect data values, based on predetermined limits. 

The remaining errors in the data are usually described as random, their properties ultimately attributable to the nature of our physical world. Random errors do not lend themselves easily to quantitative correction. However, certain aspects of random error exhibit a consistency of behavior in repeated trials under the same experimental conditions, which allows more probable values of the data elements to be obtained by averaging processes. The behavior of random phenomena is common to all experimental data and has given rise to the well-known branch of mathematical analysis known as statistics. Statistical quantities, unfortunately, cannot be assigned definite values. They can only be discussed in terms of probabilities. Because (random) uncertainties exist in all experimentally measured quantities, a restoration with all the possible constraints applied cannot yield an exact solution. The best that may be obtained in practice is the solution that is most probable. Actually, whether an error is classified as systematic or random depends on the extent of our knowledge of the data and the influences on them. All unaccounted errors are generally classified as part of the random component. Further knowledge determines many errors to be systematic that were previously classified as random. 

The Adsorption Isotherm. In a previous paper (10), it was shown that the isotherm for the adsorption of a detergent at the solid-water interface can be characterized by three distinct regions but at that time the data were not analyzed statistically. Statistical analysis of the data presented in Figure 1 shows that the isotherm corresponding to each of the three regions can be characterized by the following straight lines ... 

Some current publications address process validation from an almost exclusively statistical approach. The effect of such articles on nonstatisticians usually ranges from dismay to panic and, unfortunately drives them away, instead of toward use of statistics. Statistical process control (SPC) can be especially valuable when applied to process validation, both before and after the validated process enters commercial use. By statistically analyzing critical process parameter data throughout a batch or continuous process, SPC provides the opportunity to predict problems (trend analysis) and even take corrective action (trend control), before the problems occur, yet relatively few firms appear to be actually implementing SPC universally across all processing today, probably because SPC... 

Run No. Reaction mixture Time (hr) Quantity (moles x 102) % Approach to Instantaneous Atom % Statistical statistical deuterium equilibrium6 equilibrium6 ... 

It was mentioned earlier that we need numbers for keeping account of transactions. Numerical statements of fact in any area of inquiry are known as statistics. Statistical methods of mathematical processes are used to summarize numerical data and help in their interpretation. For example, instead of listing everyone s test scores on an examination and comparing them to last year s scores, it is more expedient to calculate average scores as a measure of class progress. 

The presence of systematic errors is, potentially, the most important source of uncertainty. There is no possibility to handle systematic errors using statistics statistical methods may indicate their presence, no more. Systematic errors in the chemical model have been mentioned. In addition there may be systematic errors in the methods used. By comparing experimental data obtained with different experimental methods one can obtain an indication of the presence and magnitude of such errors. The systematic errors of this type are accounted for both in the review of the literature and when taking the... 

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CHI-square statistics —> statistical indices (0 concentration indices)... 

For weighted indices, W is the statistical weight assigned to the ith sample, which accounts for the importance of the sample in the statistics statistical weight should usually satisfy two conditions ... 

United Nations, ed. Concepts and Methods of Environment Statistics Statistics of the Natural Environment. New York United Nations Publications, 1992. 

There are now a number of journals devoted to medical statistics. Statistics in Medicine was founded in 1981 and has grown rapidly to have 24 issues and over 4000 pages a year. Statistical Methods in Medical Research is a general review journal founded in 1992 The Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics is specifically devoted to statistical issues in drug development and was started in 1991. New journals since the year 2000 include Biostatistics (2000), Pharmaceutical Statistics (2002) and Statistics in Biopharmaceutical Research (2007). Other journals of relevance that often have a strong statistical content are Contemporary Clinical Trials, Clinical Trials, The Journal of Clinical Epidemiology and the Drug Information Journal and, of course, many older statistical journals such as Biometrics, Biometrika, The Journal of the Royal Statistical Society and the Journal of the American Statistical Association, have papers on medical statistics. 

Ludbrook J, Dudley H (1994b) Issues in biomedical statistics - statistical inference. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery 64 630-636. 

Robust statistics. Statistics which are less vulnerable to the presence of outliers and dirty data but which are generally slightly less efficient than the standard alternatives where the data are well behaved. The median, for example, is a robust statistic, whereas the mean is not. The mountain-bikes of the statistical world as opposed to its road-racers. A means to drink salt-water as if it were sweet. 

You almost do not find an HPLC without a PC any more. The PC handles data evaluation, instrument management, optimization of the separation, validation, statistics, statistical process control. The PC is extremely powerful, but its potential is rarely fully appreciated. 

USDA Agricultural statistics. Statistics of oilseeds, fats and oUs (Chapter III). 2005. AvaUable at http // www.usda.gOv/nass/pubs/agr05/05 ch3.PDF (accessed 19/2/2008). 

EXHIBIT 22.11 Hypothetical Portfolio Summary Statistics Statistics... 

D Agostino Sr., R.B., Massaro, J.M., Sullivan, L.M. Non-inferiority trials Design concepts and issues—The encoimters of academic consultants in statistics. Statistics in Medicine 22 169-186,2003. 

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