Basic applications of the chi-square statistic using counting data

Health Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 441-454

  Tries, Mark A ^a   Skrable, Kenneth W ^b   French, Clayton S ^b   Chabot, George E ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Counting efficiency; Radiation; Radon; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; VARIANCE;

EID: 0032886041     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199910000-00013     Document Type: Article

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