Reliable and accurate measurements serve as the basis for evaluation in many scientific
disciplines. Issues related to reliable and accurate measurement have evolved over many …

More than a century ago, Lt. Edward Beale wrote of northern Arizona:" It is the most beautiful
region I ever remember to have seen in any part of the world. A vast forest of gigantic pines …

Many studies in ecology, soil science, and global climate change require accurate estimates
of soil organic C (SOC). When calibrated with direct SOC determinations, loss‐on‐ignition …

Assessment of agreement between two or more methods of measurement is of considerable
importance in many areas. In particular, in medicine, new methods or devices that are …

Objective Correctly assessing the amount of blood loss is crucial in order to adequately treat
postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) at an early stage and diminish any related symptoms and/or …

Human exposure time-series modeling requires longitudinal time–activity diaries to evaluate
the sequence of concentrations encountered, and hence, pollutant exposure for the …

We consider the comparison of two instruments with a gold standard with the goal of finding
the best one—the one that agrees most with the gold standard. Using natural log of the …

As the technology advances, new methods of measuring a continuous clinical variable
become available that may be cheaper or less invasive than the old ones. But before a new …

In economics, the gold standard refers to a monetary standard under which the currency of a
country is equal in value to and redeemable by a certain quantity of gold. Today, informal …

This book presents statistical models and methods for analyzing common types of data
collected in method comparison experiments and illustrates their application through …