Precision and Accuracy

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Precision and Accuracy

Two Types of Error

Systematic Error

Random Error

Distribution of Random Errors

Confidence Interval of the Mean

Interpreting C. I. of the Mean

Example

Comparing Means with “Literature Values”

Comparing Precisions

Comparing Two Means

Rejecting Outliers

Regression Analysis

Regression Terminology

The Principle of Least Squares

Reading a Calibration Curve

Reading a Regression Report

Reading a Regression Report

Spotting a Bad Fit

Avoid Overfitting

Sensitivity

Blank Determination

Limit of Detection

Limit of Quantitation

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