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Appendix J: Example of Determining Uncertainty Using Replicates

Table A12: Summary of duplicated samples

Sample Concentrations (mg/kg)
Arsenic Copper Lead

A

71

215

183

A2

72

206

182

Mean

71.5

210.5

182.5

B

52

180

181

B2

59

174

204

Mean

55.5

177

192.5

C

17

43

70.1

C2

20

49

73.6

Mean

18.5

46

71.85

D

42

127

84.2

D2

48

137

96.1

Mean

45

132

90.15

 

Table A13: Extracted precision data [This method assumes that samples themselves were replicated at each location, so that the variation measured represents the sum of analytical and sampling variation.]

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