Robust estimates of the theoretical standard deviation to be used in interlaboratory precision experiments

Accreditation and Quality Assurance

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 231-240

  Wilrich, Peter Th ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interlaboratory experiments; Measurement methods; Precision; Repeatability; Reproducibility; Robust statistical methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248338768     PISSN: 09491775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00769-006-0240-7     Document Type: Article

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