Demonstrating the Consistency of Small Data Sets: Application of the Weisberg t-test for Outliers

Seely,Robert;Louis Munyakazi;John Haury;Heather Simmerman;W. Heath Rushing;Thomas F. Curry;

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May 15, 2003

BioPharm International

BioPharm International-05-01-2003

Volume16

Issue 5

Demonstrating the Consistency of Small Data Sets: Application of the Weisberg t-test for Outliers

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Robert J. Seely,Louis Munyakazi

by Robert J. Seely, Amgen, Inc. Louis Munyakazi, John Haury, Heather Simmerman, W. Heath Rushing, and Thomas F. Curry Determining whether a data point is an "outlier" ? a result that doesn't fit, that is too high or too low, that is extreme or discordant ? is difficult when using small data sets (such as the data from three, four, or five conformance runs). The authors show that the Weisberg t-test is a powerful tool for detecting deviations in small data sets.

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