| Abstract: | Since 1962, the U.S. Geological Survey has prepared and distributed Standard Reference Water Samples (SRWS) to participating laboratories in order to alert them to possible analytical deficiencies. This report marks the first time that a concentrated effort has been made to examine and compare the SRWS data for each constituent by the analytical method that was used to obtain the data.
Unlike laboratories that participate in interlaboratory studies that are designed to determine the precision and accuracy of a particular analytical method, laboratories that participate in the SRWS program are allowed to select the method used to analyze a reference sample and are requested to report the method used. Data for a particular method could not be compared with a ‘true‘ value because the data were obtained from analyses of reference samples that were prepared using natural waters; however, where possible a comparison was made between the mean concentrations obtained by the various analytical methods that were used to determine each constituent. Where enough information is available, models for predicting the precisions of the methods have been developed, and the precisions have been compared. In addition to the data presented in the reports, this evaluation provides a good indication of methods that were used routinely to analyze water samples during the 18 years of study. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 1383 |
| Citation Author: | Friedman, Linda C.; Fishman, Marvin J. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | vii, 126 p. :ill. (some col.) ;28 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. G.P.O. ;
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| Citation Series: | Water Supply Paper |
| Citation Series Code: | WSP |
| Citation Series Number: | 2293 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Evaluation of methods used from 1965 through 1982 to determine inorganic constituents in water samples; 1989; WSP; 2293; Friedman, Linda C.; Fishman, Marvin J. |
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| Citation Year: | 1989 |
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| Text: | Evaluation of methods used from 1965 through 1982 to determine inorganic constituents in water samples; 1989; WSP; 2293; Friedman, Linda C.; Fishman, Marvin J. |
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| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. G.P.O. ;
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