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Statistical Considerations in X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

M. A. Short
M. A. Short*
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Ford Motor Company, Research Staff Dearborn, Michigan 48121
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Abstract

The role of statistics in certain areas of X-ray fluorescence analysis is considered. The topics discussed include: calculating the standard deviation associated with the result of an analysis; optimizing experimental parameters for both wavelength and energy dispersive analyses; evaluating limits of detection, limits of decision, and limits of determination; and weighting in the least squares fitting of data in single element polynomial relationships and in multi-element multiple regression analysis.

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Mathematical Correction Procedures for X-Ray Spectrochemical Analysis
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Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 19: Twenty-Fourth Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 6-8, 1975 , 1975 , pp. 53 - 73
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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1975

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