title: Repeatability and reproducibility of the luminescent bacteria bioassay.
abstract: This paper presents the statistical analysis of the results of an inter-laboratory study for the luminescent bacteria toxicity bioassay. It also contains a discussion on the statistical methods for the presentation and refinement of the evaluation of the precision of an assay method (including intra- and inter-laboratory variability), with special emphasis on the rejection of outliers, and the use of standardized parameters, like the repeatability and reproducibility values.
authors.affiliation: Institut Català de Tecnologia, Barcelona, Spain. jribo@ictnet.es
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ribo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Canela
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Griful
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria; D001681:Biological Assay / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014876:Water Pollution