Statistical analysis of water-quality data containing multiple detection limits: S-language software for regression on order statistics
Computers & Geosciences
By: L. Lee and D. Helsel
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Abstract
Trace contaminants in water, including metals and organics, often are measured at sufficiently low concentrations to be reported only as values below the instrument detection limit. Interpretation of these "less thans" is complicated when multiple detection limits occur. Statistical methods for multiply censored, or multiple-detection limit, datasets have been developed for medical and industrial statistics, and can be employed to estimate summary statistics or model the distributions of trace-level environmental data. We describe S-language-based software tools that perform robust linear regression on order statistics (ROS). The ROS method has been evaluated as one of the most reliable procedures for developing summary statistics of multiply censored data. It is applicable to any dataset that has 0 to 80% of its values censored. These tools are a part of a software library, or add-on package, for the R environment for statistical computing. This library can be used to generate ROS models and associated summary statistics, plot modeled distributions, and predict exceedance probabilities of water-quality standards. ?? 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Lee, L., and Helsel, D., 2005, Statistical analysis of water-quality data containing multiple detection limits: S-language software for regression on order statistics: Computers & Geosciences, v. 31, no. 10, p. 1241-1248, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2005.03.012.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Statistical analysis of water-quality data containing multiple detection limits: S-language software for regression on order statistics |
| Series title | Computers & Geosciences |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.cageo.2005.03.012 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Year Published | 2005 |
| Language | English |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Computers and Geosciences |
| First page | 1241 |
| Last page | 1248 |