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CHEMISTRY 59-320 ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY Fall - 2010

CHEMISTRY 59-320 ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY Fall - 2010. Lecture 5. Why do we need statistics in analytical chemistry?. Scientists need a standard format to communicate significance of experimental numerical data.

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CHEMISTRY 59-320 ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY Fall - 2010

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  1. CHEMISTRY 59-320ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRYFall - 2010 Lecture 5

  2. Why do we need statistics in analytical chemistry? • Scientists need a standard format to communicate significance of experimental numerical data. • Objective mathematical data analysis methods needed to get the most information from finite data sets • To provide a basis for optimal experimental design. • Statistics gives us tools to accept conclusions that have a high probability of being correct and to reject conclusions that do not.

  3. What Does Statistics Involve? • Defining properties of probability distributions for infinite populations • Application of these properties to treatment of finite (real-world) data sets • Probabilistic approaches to: • Reporting data • Data treatment • Finite sampling • Experimental design

  4. Some Useful Statistics Terms • Mean – Average of a set of values • Median – Mid-point of a set of values. • Population – A collection of an infinite munber of measurements. N  infinity • Sample – A finite set of measurements which represent the population. • True value (true mean)- (m), mean value for the population. • Observed Mean –(x), mean value of the sample set

  5. 4-1 Gaussian distribution

  6. Standard DeviationThe Most Important Statistic • Standard Deviation s of an infinite set of experimental data is theoretically given by • s = S(xi–m)2/N • xi = individual measurement • m = mean of infinite number of measurements (true value) • N = number of measurements

  7. Standard Deviation of a Finite Set of Experimental Data • Estimated Standard Deviation, s (N < 30) • s = (S(xi–x)2/(N-1)) • For finite sets the precision is represented by s. • Standard deviation of the mean smean • Smean = s/N • Relative standard deviation rsd: or coefficient of variation • (s/mean)*100 = % rsd

  8. Mean Standard deviation Variance Gaussian or normal distribution The standardized normal deviate Confidence interval: Interval within which the true value almost certainly lies!

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