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Chemometrics and Analytical Chemistry

Societal Issues, Structure of the Measurement Process, Detection, and Validation

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Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((ASIC,volume 138))

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Modern Analytical Chemistry has become intrinsically tied to the exposure, understanding, and resolution of many of today’s sociotechnical problems, in areas ranging from medical diagnostics to monitoring our climate. Chemometrics is central in deriving adequate responses to these needs in terms of the design, control, evaluation and validation of the Analytical Measurement Process. The substance of this lecture is based on two key references dealing with this theme (1, 2). Reference (1) is a rather extensive review of sociochemical and mathematical-statistical issues which influence the Quality of Analytical Results, while reference (2) comprises a case study from the relatively new discipline of “Chemometric Intercomparison”, or interlaboratory (numerical) validation via simulated analytical data. The paragraphs which follow are offered to introduce these topics and to summarize some recent observations on the subject of detection.

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Currie, L.A. (1984). Chemometrics and Analytical Chemistry. In: Kowalski, B.R. (eds) Chemometrics. NATO ASI Series, vol 138. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1026-8_4

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