Estimating precision using duplicate measurements

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1032-1039

  Hyslop, Nicole Pauly ^a   White, Warren H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ABSOLUTE VALUES; INTERAGENCY MONITORING OF PROTECTED VISUAL ENVIRONMENTS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE;

ENGINEERING;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DATA ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VARIANCE; AIR POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNCERTAINTY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 70350724566     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.59.9.1032     Document Type: Article

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