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Any statistics—numerical data, tables, graphs, charts, illustrations, and photographs... 

The data analysis module of ELECTRAS is twofold. One part was designed for general statistical data analysis of numerical data. The second part offers a module For analyzing chemical data. The difference between the two modules is that the module for mere statistics applies the stati.stical methods or rieural networks directly to the input data while the module for chemical data analysis also contains methods for the calculation ol descriptors for chemical structures (cl. Chapter 8) Descriptors, and thus structure codes, are calculated for the input structures and then the statistical methods and neural networks can be applied to the codes. 

However, the market researcher has to form an opinion based on all the data. Various methods exist for manipulating the opinions, facts, and numerical data iato forecasts and conclusions. Techniques ia use include statistical analysis, correlations with external factors, correlations with other products, and informed opinion. 

Statistics on the data fields summary statistics (mean, std dev, min, max), percentile values at desired intervals, and linear regression on two numerical data fields. 

Statistical techniques can be used for a variety of reasons, from sampling product on receipt to market analysis. Any technique that uses statistical theory to reveal information is a statistical technique, but not all applications of statistics are governed by the requirements of this part of the standard. Techniques such as Pareto Analysis and cause and effect diagrams are regarded as statistical techniques in ISO 9000-2 and although numerical data is used, there is no probability theory involved. These techniques are used for problem solving, not for making product acceptance decisions. 

This efficient statistical test requires the minimum data collection and analysis for the comparison of two methods. The experimental design for data collection has been shown graphically in Chapter 35 (Figure 35-2), with the numerical data for this test given in Table 38-1. Two methods are used to analyze two different samples, with approximately five replicate measurements per sample as shown graphically in the previously mentioned figure. 

Statistics is concerned with the treatment of numerical data where there is an associated uncertainty or chance. Many situations contain some element of chance, e.g. the outcome from throwing a die or the response of a patient to a drug. Even though it may be impossible to predict a particular outcome with certainty, its probability can often be quantified. Knowledge of statistical principles is essential in designing clinical trials and in the interpretation and evaluation of the results. PROBABILITY... 

The form of the response function to be fitted depends on the goal of modeling, and the amount of available theoretical and experimental information. If we simply want to avoid interpolation in extensive tables or to store and use less numerical data, the model may be a convenient class of functions such as polynomials. In many applications, however, the model is based an theoretical relationships that govern the system, and its parameters have some well defined physical meaning. A model coming from the underlying theory is, however, not necessarily the best response function in parameter estimation, since the limited amount of data may be insufficient to find the parameters with any reasonable accuracy. In such cases simplified models may be preferable, and with the problem of simplifying a nonlinear model we leave the relatively safe waters of mathematical statistics at once. 

Retrospective validation involves using the accumulated in-process production and final product testing and control (numerical) data to establish that the product and its manufacturing process are in a state of control. Valid in-process results should be consistent with the drug products final specifications and should be derived from previous acceptable process average and process variability estimates, where possible, and determined by the application of suitable statistical procedures, that is, quality control charting, where appropriate. The retrospective validation option is selected when manufacturing processes for established products are considered to be stable and when, on the basis of economic considerations and resource limitations, prospective qualification and validation experimentation cannot be justified. 

A complimentary foreword must invoke the possibility of future editions. In future versions of this book, I hope that F. Rouessac and his wife will include a few additions on the analytical balance, as I have mentioned above, but also on electrochemical methods, on sampling - so rarely discussed and on the treatment of numerical data (archiving of primary data, statistical treatment, graphical representation, etc.). Or perhaps, in a volume 2 ... 

A dynamic statistical approach is used to predict dynamic stresses in a hyperboloidal cooling tower due to earthquakes. It is shown that the configuration associated with one circumferential wave is the only one which is excitable by earthquake force and that the first mode of such configuration is dominant. An equivalent static load is calculated on this basis. Numerical data presented give coefficients for equivalent static loads, natural frequencies of cooling towers, and static stresses for a seismic load. 21 refs, cited. 

Statistics, the science of description and interpretation of numerical data, began in its most rudimentary form in the census and taxation of ancient Egypt and Babylon. Statistics progressed little beyond this simple tabulation of data until the theoretical developments of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. As experimental science developed, the need grew for improved methods of presentation and analysis of numerical data. 

Statistics refers to the scientific methods applied to the collection, organization, interpretation, and presentation of information—numerical data. For statistical process control (SPC), data types are divided into attributes or variables. 

To generate matrices of numerical data which can be analysed statistically. 

Record numerical data to an appropriate number of significant figures, reflecting the accuracy and precision of your measurement (p. 65). Do not round off data values, as this might affect the subsequent analysis. Record the actual observations, not your interpretation, e.g. the colour of a particular chemical test, rather than whether the test was positive or negative. Take care not to lose any of the information content of the data for instance, if you only write down means and not individual values, this will affect your ability to carry out subsequent statistical analyses. 

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 best strategy to be followed in order to get accurate sets of A values has not been defined, so at present more or less complex statistical elaborations of some data are used. Among the numerical data that have been used we mention solvation and solvent transfer energies, intrinsic solute properties (electron isodensity surfaces, isopotential electronic surfaces, multipole expansions of local charge distribution), isoenergy surfaces for the interaction with selected probes (water, helium atoms), Monte Carlo simulations with solutes of various nature. All these sets of data deserve comments, that are here severely limited not to unduly extend this Section. 

When scanning in the absorbance mode the total error is, according to Jork 54), 2-4% (variation coefficient), in the fluorescence mode < +1%. Grimm 55) has calculated a mean variation coefficient of 2.5% from numerous data in the literature and from his own analyses the variations lie between 0.7 and 5.2% the statistical data relate to the total analysis with manual evaluation. 

For the FDA, this process of translation and data conversion produced numerical data about the severity of any given reaction. Once entered into computerized databases, this data laid the foundation for comparative and statistical evaluations. In the American context, only the translation from physician s report to a statistical data set allowed patterns to emerge. Officials designed their computer system so that searches could examine medicines and adverse reactions over time or by body system. 

Numerical data provide an effective trending capability and in conjunction with statistical analysis ensure reliable fault detection and severity assessment. Note that fluid samples must be collected frequently in order to provide reliable early detection and trend granularity. In-line sensors employing real-time data collection will overcome this problem. In addition, test data must be of the highest quality. Poor sample collection practice, poor analytical practice, improper data storage or insufficient data integrity checks generate data that cannot be interpreted properly or provide reliable statistics. 

Lubricant condition monitoring is best accomplished by the analysis of numerical data that are associated with the various fluid failure modes [2]. Numerical data can be analysed by statistical methods to determine the relationship between the various test parameters and their respective fluid and machinery failure modes. In addition, the statistical analysis can be used to determine potential data interference sources, the various alarm limits for each parameter and other criteria to be used in the daily evaluation of used oil. Note that it is important to determine all of the causes for variability in parametric data, just as it is necessary to separate changes due to interfering causes from changes with its associated relevant failure modes. 

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