Description
Book SynopsisAmstat News asked three review editors to rate their top five favorite books in the September 2003 issue. Statistical Methods for Detection and Quantification of Environmental Contamination was among those chosen.
Trade Review"an indispensable book" (Int Jnl of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, No.82 2001)
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments.
Introduction.
DETECTION AND QUANTIFICATION IN THE LABORATORY.
Conceptual Foundations.
Statistical Foundations and Review.
Calibration-Based Regression Models.
Single-Concentration-Based Detection Limit Methods.
Single-Concentration-Based Quantification Limit Methods.
Calibration-Based Detection Limit Methods.
Calibration-Based Quantification Limit Methods.
Significant Digits.
Experimental Design of Detection and Quantification Limit Studies and Related Studies.
Between-Laboratory Detection and Quantification Limit Estimators.
DETECTION AND QUANTIFICATION IN THE FIELD.
Comparison of a Single Measurement to a Regulatory Standard.
Censored Data.
Testing Distributional Assumptions.
Testing for Outliers.
Detecting Trend.
Detection Monitoring.
Assessment and Corrective Action Monitoring: Overview.
Assessment and Corrective Action Monitoring: Comparison to a Standard.
Assessment and Corrective Action Monitoring: Comparison to Background.
Assessment and Corrective Action Monitoring: Case Studies.
Review of Available Computer Software.
Summary.
Appendix: Land's Tables.
Glossary of Measurement Terminology.
Mathematical Symbols.
Web References.
Annotated Bibliography.
Index.
