Statistical comparison of the slopes of two regression lines: A tutorial

Analytica Chimica Acta

Volumn 838, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-12

  Andrade, J M ^a   Estevez Perez M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Analysis of covariance; Calibration; Comparison of slopes; Monte carlo; Quality control

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL LABORATORIES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL TESTS; STUDENTS; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCES; ANALYTICAL LABORATORIES; COMPARISON OF SLOPES; FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS; REGRESSION LINES; REGRESSION MODEL; STATISTICAL COMPARISONS; STUDENT'S T TESTS;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BOOTSTRAPPING; CALIBRATION; DIRECT CALIBRATION METHOD; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KOLMOGOROV SMIRNOV TEST; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SLOPE; STANDARD ADDITIONS METHOD; STUDENT T TEST;

EID: 84904735461     PISSN: 00032670     EISSN: 18734324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2014.04.057     Document Type: Review

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