Statistical analysis of water-quality data containing multiple detection limits: S-language software for regression on order statistics

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1241-1248

  Lee, Lopaka ^a   Helsel, Dennis ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Censored data; Geochemistry; S

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER QUALITY;

LINEAR REGRESSION; MULTIPLE DETECTION LIMITS; TRACE CONTAMINANTS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

DETECTION METHOD; POLLUTION MONITORING; THRESHOLD; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 23044453700     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2005.03.012     Document Type: Article

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