Application of binomial and multinomial probability statistics to the sampling design process of a global grain tracing and recall system

Food Control

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1085-1094

  Lee, Kyung Min ^a   Armstrong, Paul R ^b   Thomasson, J Alex ^c   Sui, Ruixiu ^d   Casada, Mark ^b   Herrman, Timothy J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Binomial probability distribution; Grain traceability system; Multinomial probability distribution; Sample size; Sampling design process

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951953529     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2010.12.016     Document Type: Article

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