Background and threshold: Critical comparison of methods of determination

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 346, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 1-16

  Reimann, Clemens ^a   Filzmoser, Peter ^b   Garrett, Robert G ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Background; Boxplot; Cumulative probability plot; Mean; Median; Normal distribution; Outliers; Threshold

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DATA REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DATA OUTLIERS; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; GRAPHICAL INSPECTION; NUMERICAL OPERATIONS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

DATA PROCESSING; THRESHOLD;

CALCULATION; COMPUTER; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAW; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MOTIVATION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 18144411417     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.11.023     Document Type: Article

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