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Publication Type:
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Author(s): | Clark, Malcolm J. R.;
Whitfield, Paul H. |
Author Affiliation: | Environmental Protection Department, British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands, and Parks, 777 Broughton St., Victoria, B.C., Canada V8V 1X5; and Monitoring and System Branch, Environment Canada, 224 West Esplanade, North Vancouver, B.C., Canada V7M 3H7. |
Title: | Conflicting perspectives about detection limits and about the censoring of environmental data |
Section: | Technical papers Other records with the "Technical papers" Section
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Source: | Water Resources Bulletin. Vol. 30, No. 6, November/December 1994, p. 1063-1079. |
Publishing Information: | Bethesda, MD: American Water Resources Association. |
# of Pages: | 17 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Communications; Risk assessment; Environmental monitoring; Sampling; Analysis
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Abstract/Contents: | "Current conventions for reporting analytical results from environmental samples brings the objectives of laboratory scientists into conflict with those of environmental scientists. The objective of chemical analyses is to provide estimates of the true composition of samples. Reported results must reflect the analytical uncertainty. Current conventions require left-censoring of those results below the Limit of Detection. The objective of statistical interprettaion of environmental data is to provide estimates of the characteristics of ecosystems. Such statistical analyses are often confounded by left-censoring of analytical results. We review the different points of view and propose a compromise which recognizes these conflicting perspectives." |
Language: | English |
References: | 67 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Clark, M. J. R., and P. H. Whitfield. 1994. Conflicting perspectives about detection limits and about the censoring of environmental data. Water Resour. Bull. 30(6):p. 1063-1079. |
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