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Statistical Methodology For Data With Multiple Limits Of Detection, Robert M. Flikkema
Statistical Methodology For Data With Multiple Limits Of Detection, Robert M. Flikkema
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Limitations of instruments used to collect continuous data sometimes lead to obtaining observations lower than a limit of detection. These observations are known as nondetects. They could be zeroes, or positive numbers, but they are too small to be recorded by a measuring device. Nondetects frequently occur in environmental data. Trace amounts of chemicals can exist in soil or groundwater and are undetectable by a machine reading. These observations pose a problem to researchers since the true values are unknown.
Simulations in the literature have led to inconsistent conclusions regarding what estimation technique to use with nondetect data when estimating …