Applications and statistical properties of minimum significant difference-based criterion testing in a toxicity testing program

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 113-117

  Wang, Qin ^a   Denton, Debra L ^b   Shukla, Rakesh ^c  

^a ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic toxicity testing; Minimum significant difference; Statistical power

Indexed keywords

BIOEQUIVALENCE; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICS; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 0033988439     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620190113     Document Type: Review

References (9)

1. Chapman GA, et al. 1996. Methods and appropriate endpoints. In Grothe DR, Dickson KL, Reed-Judkins DK, eds, Whole Effluent Toxicity Testing: An Evaluation of Methods and Predictions of Receiving System Impacts. Society of Environmental Toxicology And Chemistry, Pensacola, FL, USA, pp 97-99.
2. Chapman GA, Denton DL, Lazorchak JM. 1995. Short-term methods for estimating the chronic toxicity of effluents and receiving waters to West Coast marine and estuarine organism. EPA 600/ 95/136. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH.
3. Thursby GB, Heltshe J, Scott KJ. 1997. Revised approach to loxicity acceptability criteria using a statistical performance assessment. Environ Toxicol Chem 16:1322-1329.
4. Hayes JR 1987. The positive approach to negative results in toxicology studies. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 14:73-77.
5. Denton DL, Norberg-King TJ. 1996. Whole effluent toxicity statistics: A regulatory perspective. In Grothe DR, Dickson KL, Reed-Judkins DK, eds, Whole Effluent Toxicity Testing: An Evaluation of Methods and Predictions of Receiving System Impacts. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Pensacola, FL, USA, pp 83-102.
6. Bailer AJ, Oris JT. 1996. Implication of defining test acceptability in terms of control-group survival in two-group survival studies. Environ Toxicol Chem 15:1242-1244.
7. Lehmann EL. 1986. Testing Statistical Hypothesis, 2nd ed. Wiley, New York, NY, USA.
8. Shukla R, Wang Q, Fulk F, Deng C, Denton D. 2000. Bioequivatence approach for whole effluent toxicity testing. Environ Toxicol Chem 19:169-174.
9. Schuirmann DJ. 1987. A comparison of the two one-sided tests procedure and the power approach for assessing the equivalence of average bioavailability. J Pharmacokinet Biopharm 15:657-680.