The Horwitz ratio (HorRat): A useful index of method performance with respect to precision

Journal of AOAC International

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1095-1109

  Horwitz, William ^a,b   Albert, Richard ^a,b  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b 1 Lennon Ct ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

HORWITZ RATIO; PERFORMANCE PARAMETER; STANDARD DEVIATION; UNSATISFACTORY METHOD;

STANDARDIZATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EUROPEAN UNION; LABORATORY; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EUROPEAN UNION; LABORATORIES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33750686965     PISSN: 10603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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