Download or read book Estimation and Confidence Intervals for Quantal Response Or Sensitivity Data written by G. B. Seibert and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Estimation and Confidence Intervals for Quantal Response Or Sensitivity Data written by Guy Burton Seibert (Jr) and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If different levels of stimuli are applied and then counts are made of the number reacting and not-reacting to the stimuli, a sensitivity analysis is usually the best analysis to be applied. Sensitivity analysis may be used to determine the probability of destroying a target with different size bombs, without the necessity of actually having data on all the different sizes. It may also be used in determining the effect of a drug on a patient or the effect of polution on a body of water. This paper is concerned with a generalized model for sensitivity analysis based on the Burr distribution. This generalization gives a model that will fit quite well data that comes from probit or logit models, but also covers many additional situations that the probit or logit models would not fit. A FORTRAN IV program is included for doing the analysis on a computer. Confidence intervals for any quantile are also given. (Author).
Download or read book Estimation and Confidence Intervals for Quantal Response Or Sensitivitiy Data written by Guy Burton Seibert (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stochastic Approximation and Non parametric Interval Estimation in Sensitivity Testing which Involves Quantal Response Data written by Patrick Lowry Odell and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Analysis of Quantal Response Data written by Byron J.T. Morgan and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-12-13 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes the standard methods as the starting point, and then describes a wide range of relatively new approaches and procedures designed to deal with more complicated data and experiments - including much recent research in the area. Throughout mention is given to the computing requirements - facilities available in large computing packages like BMDP, SAS and SPSS are also described.
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Download or read book OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals Section 2 Test No 238 Sediment Free Myriophyllum Spicatum Toxicity Test written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2014-09-26 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Test Guideline assesses the toxicity of chemicals on the growth of submerged aquatic plants Myriophyllum spicatum growing in a sediment-free test system.
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