A simple methodology to analyze inter-laboratory data: A simulation study

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 410, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 79-84

  Jain, Ram B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Homogeneity of variance; Inter laboratory experiments; Precision; Repeatability; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SIMULATION; STANDARD; VARIANCE;

ALGORITHMS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; METHODS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 70350575216     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2009.09.027     Document Type: Article

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