Pitfalls in the application of statistics to chemical data: the determination of the partition ratio $$K_{\mathrm{ow} }$$ K ow as a case in point

Autor: Keith B. Oldham, Jan C. Myland, Donald Mackay, J. Mark Parnis
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Journal of Mathematical Chemistry. 56:1407-1427
ISSN: 1572-8897
0259-9791
DOI: 10.1007/s10910-018-0862-0
Popis: Nowadays those who make replicate measurements of physicochemical properties usually employ spreadsheets or handheld devices to perform averaging and other statistical operations. Using the determination of a partition ratio as an exemplary procedure, and employing statistical simulation, we examine errors that can arise by unthinking reliance on “clicking”. Alternative, more soundly based, procedures are advocated. A serendipitous result is that the logarithm of a partition ratio behaves statistically much better than expected.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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