Issue 1, 2014

Estimating sampling uncertainty – how many duplicate samples are needed?

Abstract

A knowledge of the measurement uncertainty arising from sampling is crucial for the rational design of sampling programmes and the interpretation of their outputs (AMC Technical Briefs No 16, 2008). Usually the principal source of uncertainty is the lack of homogeneity (either spatial or temporal) in the object of sampling – the sampling target. Other sources of variation—the analytical and sampling processes—are also important.

Graphical abstract: Estimating sampling uncertainty – how many duplicate samples are needed?

Article information

Article type
AMC Technical Brief
Submitted
04 Nov 2013
Accepted
04 Nov 2013
First published
18 Nov 2013

Anal. Methods, 2014,6, 24-26

Estimating sampling uncertainty – how many duplicate samples are needed?

Analytical Methods Committee, AMCTB No 58, Anal. Methods, 2014, 6, 24 DOI: 10.1039/C3AY90095A

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