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MOLS7252 – Analytical Measurement Uncertainty and Method Validation
2020 – Session 1, Weekday attendance, North Ryde
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General Information
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| Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Danny Wong
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| Credit points |
Credit points
10
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| Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to MRes
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| Corequisites |
Corequisites
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| Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
MOLS8252
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| Unit description |
Unit description
Chemical measurements are required in forensic science, local and international trade, manufacture and production, government regulatory agencies, biotechnology, and nearly every field of science. However, there are always uncertainties associated with measurements owing to experimental errors. This unit systematically covers the estimation principles of measurement uncertainty of values deriving from analytical chemistry measurement procedures and a logical approach to the process of validating an analytical chemistry measurement method. These will then be applied to specific examples from common analytical chemistry.
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Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- ULO1: Interpret the concept of making valid analytical measurements
- ULO2: Identify and then to evaluate analytical method performance characteristics
- ULO3: Describe the requirements for valid measurements with respect to international standards
- ULO4: Deconstruct an analytical method in order to identify factors that influence the final result
- ULO5: Evaluate the validity of chemical data using commonly applied statistical techniques
Assessment Tasks
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Delivery and Resources
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Technology Used
It is important that you have a scientific calculator as hand-held calculators will be used for assignments and in the final examination. Note that text retrieval calculators are not allowed in the final examination.
Use will be made of Excel and other data processing and display software. Computers carrying this software are available in the teaching laboratories. Items of interest, links to other on-line material will be placed on the unit website.
Prescribed text
J.N.Miller, J,C.Miller, R.D.Miller, Statistics and Chemometrics for Analytical Chemistry, 7th Edition, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2018 (ISBN: 978-1-292-18671-9)
Recommended references
D.C.Montgomery, Design and Analysis of Experiments, 6th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2005 (ISBN: 0 471 48735 X)
R.G.Brereton, Applied Chemometrics for Scientists, John Wiley & Sons, 2007 (ISBN: 978 0 470 01686 2)
J.Lawson, J.Erjavec, Modern Statistics for Engineering and Quality Improvement, Duxbury Thomson Learning, 2001 (ISBN: 0 534 19050 2)
Eurachem/CITAC Guide: Traceability in Chemical Measurement, Eurachem and CITAC, 2003
ISO/IEC International Standard 17025 General Requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories, ISO, 2005
In House Method Validation: A guide for Chemical Laboratories, LGC Ltd, 2003
Eurachem Guide: the Fitness for purpose of analytical methods, LGC Ltd, 1988
Eurachem/CITAC Guide CG4: Quantifying Uncertainty in Analytical Measurement 2nd Edition, Eurachem & CITAC, 2000
L.Kirkup, Data Analysis with Excel: An introduction for physical scientists, Cambridge University Press, 2002
D.B.Hibbert, Quality Assurance for the Analytical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford University Press, 2007
Useful websites
Eurachem -http://www.eurachem.org/
NIST/SEMATECH Engineering Statistics Handbook http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/index.htm
Valid Analytical Measurements http://www.vam.org.uk/home.asp
CITAC - http://www.citac.cc/
AOAC - http://www.aoac.org/
NATA - http://www.nata.com.au/publication-updates and download “Technical Note 17”.
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