Summary analysis of a Monte Carlo simulation of ecology`s statistical guidance and a proposed alternative

Petersen, S W

doi:10.2172/269047

Title: Summary analysis of a Monte Carlo simulation of ecology`s statistical guidance and a proposed alternative

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The State of Washington has recommended a specific statistical test procedure for identifying soil contamination at a potential waste site, referred to here as the State test. An alternative to this test has been presented (DOE/RL 1994), which uses the Wilcoxon Rank Sum, Quantile, and Hot Measurement Comparison tests (WQH). These same tests are recommended by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to determine if soils from a waste site differ from site-specific, reference-based standards.

Authors:: Petersen, S W

Publication Date:: Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1995

Research Org.:: Bechtel Hanford, Inc., Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 269047

Report Number(s):: BHI-00626
ON: DE96013571; NC: NONE; TRN: 96:017121

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Resource Relation:: Other Information: PBD: Nov 1995

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 99 MATHEMATICS, COMPUTERS, INFORMATION SCIENCE, MANAGEMENT, LAW, MISCELLANEOUS; SOILS; CONTAMINATION; PROBABILITY; ERRORS; MONTE CARLO METHOD

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  abstractNote = {The State of Washington has recommended a specific statistical test procedure for identifying soil contamination at a potential waste site, referred to here as the State test. An alternative to this test has been presented (DOE/RL 1994), which uses the Wilcoxon Rank Sum, Quantile, and Hot Measurement Comparison tests (WQH). These same tests are recommended by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to determine if soils from a waste site differ from site-specific, reference-based standards.},

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