&EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development Washington, DC 20460 EPA/600/R-96/047A April 1996 Blind-A Performance Evaluation Study A Statistical Evaluation of the October 17, 1995 Data REGULAIIUN ULvt-UiNVit-W! BKANCH U.S. EPA, REGION M U 8. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5, library JM.-12A nofl. 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 12tn noor Chicago, M 60604-3590 023RSL96 COV-047A ------- Blind-A Performance Evaluation Study October 17, 1995 Environmental Protection Agency National Exposure Research Laboratory Characterization Research Division Las Vegas, Nevada U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5, Library (P ------- UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL EXPOSURE RESEARCH LABORATORY CHARACTERIZATION RESEARCH DIVISION-LAS VEGAS P.O. BOX 93478 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89193-3478 (702/798-2100) Dear Participant, Enclosed are the results of the Analytical Sciences Branch (CRD-LV) Performance Evaluation Study for Blind-A; October 17, 1995. The known value for each analysis was determined by gravimetric methods, checked by chemical analyses performed by CRD-LV's Radiochemistry Laboratory, and compared to the participating laboratories' grand average. The expected precision, determined by the known value, was taken from "Table 3. Laboratory Precision: One Standard Deviation Values and Control Limits for Various Analyses", which is based on data accumulated over the years by the Performance Evaluation Program, and can be found in the Environmental Radioactivity Performance Evaluation Studies Program and Radioactive Standards Distribution Program information brochure. Please take a few minutes to review this report and the analytical data your laboratory submitted to us. If there are any apparent discrepancies, please notify us immediately. We encourage you to make use of the computer-automated data-entry system that has been in place for some time now. As the number of participants increases, and it becomes unrealistic for us to receive results by mail or FAX, the computer system will be our only avenue for accepting data. If you have any questions or comments, please send a message via the data-entry system or contact George Dilbeck at 702/798-21 04 or Patricia Honsa at 702/798-2141 . Sincerely, George Dilbeck Team Leader RADQA Program Enclosure ------- NOTICE This material has been funded wholly by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. It has been subjected to the Agency's review, and has been approved for publication as an EPA document. ------- CRD-LV Performance Evaluation: Blind-A, 17-Oct-1995 1/30 o o o The following pages consist of separate sections for each of the nuclides in this study with four parts per section. After the first, each part is separated from the next by a new page or a thick horizontal bar. The first page of each section is a statistical summary for the nuclide and starts with a statement of the known value, the control limits, and the warning limits. The warning limits are placed at two normalized standard deviations above and below the known value and the control limits are three normalized standard deviations above and below the known value. If you keep control charts, these values will be useful for anticipating problems with the accuracy of your analytical methods. The coin shaped pie chart at the top of the summary page shows the fate of all the samples sent out in number and percentage terms. The pie chart starts at the top and rotates clockwise. The first sector represents those participants who submitted analytical results within both the warning and control limits. The next sector represents those who are in the warning region but not out of control. The third sector represents those who are out of control, but have passed the outlier test. The fourth sector represents those who have failed the outlier test. The last sector represents those participants who have failed to respond properly. This is the case if no analytical results were returned, or less than three determinations were reported, or if the results were received too late. The reeding on the edge of the coin is spaced at one percent intervals, and the sector shading becomes darker as the data reliability decreases. Sectors with zero width are not shown. The table in the center shows a number of statistical quantities calculated from the submitted data based on the mean and median values in relation to the known value, both before and "after outlier removal. The lower pie chart uses the same construction as the upper chart and shows the distribution of properly submitted data in terms of deviation from the known value divided into sectors representing one, two, three, and greater than three normalized standard deviations. The second part is an alphabetical listing, in lab-code order, of submitted data and several calculated quantities. An entry that is shaded has been rejected because of one of the reasons listed above or failure of the outlier test. The fifth and sixth columns are a measure of laboratory precision. The Range analysis is a normalized value that you may use to keep precision control charts. If this value is between 2.0 and 3.0, your analytical process precision is in the warning zone; if it exceeds 3.0 it is out of control. The eighth and ninth columns are the differences from the mean of all non-outliers and from the known value, respectively. A tag symbol may appear in the last column. Each page with tags has a symbol definition summary at the bottom. If there is no tag symbol, the data is within the control limits, but it may be in the warning zone. The third part is a three-column listing of result average, tag symbol, and lab-code in average order excluding those labs not responding properly. In this order, all outliers and out-of-control results appear at the top or bottom of the list. The last part is two bar chart displays showing frequency distributions of responding participants. The first chart places the known value at the center and a bar at each 0.2 unit of expected precision. The second chart places the mean of the reported measurements at the center and a bar at each 0.2 unit of standard deviation. In both cases, a bar includes those results within 0.1 unit up to the maximum of six. Any results more than six units from the center value are shown cumulatively by a shaded bar one past the sixth unit. If the central tendency of the known value distribution falls away from the center, an error in accuracy is indicated. If the distribution is broad, poor precision is indicated. The mean value distribution is similar but uses the average and standard deviation of reported results as its basis. ------- 2/30 CRD-LV Performance Evaluation: Blind-A, 17-Oct-1995 The Range Analysis(R + SR) is calculated from the range, mean range and standard error of the range values. The range is the difference between the maximum and minimum results for the laboratory. The mean range is calculated by multiplying the expected precision by 1.693(for three results). The standard error of the range is calculated by multiplying the mean range by 2.575(for three results), subtracting the mean range from this product, and dividing the result by 3. If the range is greater than the mean range, then the range analysis is calculated by subtracting the mean range from the range, dividing the result by the standard error of the range and adding 1. If the mean range is greater than or equal to the range, then the range analysis is calculated by dividing the range by the mean range. The normalized deviation of the mean from the grand average is calculated from the deviation of the mean from the grand average and the standard error of the mean values. The deviation of the mean from the grand average is calculated by subtracting the grand average from the average of the laboratory's three results. The standard error of the mean is calculated by dividing the expected precision by the square root of 3(the number of results). The normalized deviation of the mean from the grand average is calculated by dividing the deviation of the mean from the grand average by the standard error of the mean. The normalized deviation of the mean from the known value is calculated from the deviation of the mean from the known value and the standard error of the mean values. The deviation of the mean from the known value is calculated by subtracting the known value from the average of the laboratory's three results. The standard error of the mean is calculated by dividing the expected precision by the square root of 3(the number of results). The normalized deviation of the mean from the known value is calculated by dividing the deviation of the mean from the known value by the standard error of the mean. A complete explanation of the statistical calculations involved in the report may be found in the Environmental Radioactivity Performance Evaluation Studies Program information brochure [Draft Revision of EPA-600/4-81-004], available from Patricia Honsa, CRD-LV, 702/798-2141. ------- CRD-LV Performance Evaluation: Blind-A, 17-Oct-1995 3/30 o Gross Alpha Statistical Summary 189 Participants The known value of this nuclide is 99.4 pCi/1 with an expected precision of 24.9; the control limits are 56.2 to 142.6; the warning regions are 56.2 to 70.6 and 128.2 to 142.6 43(22.8 %) Failed to respond \ 5(2.6 %) Outliers * 5(2.6 %) Out of control ' but not an outlier Statistic 123(65.1 %) Within all limits Respondents - 13(6.9 %) In warning zone but within control Non-outliers o Mean Std. Dev. Variance %Coef. ofVar. % deviation of mean from known value Norm. dev. of mean from known value Median % deviation of median from known value Norm. dev. of median from known value 102.50 Grand Avg 101.68 25.09 17.82 629.57 317.69 24.48 17.53 3.12 2.30 0.12 0.13 101.72 101.67 2.33 2.28 0.09 0.13 O 10(6.8 %) More than 3 norm. S.D. 13(8.9 %) Between 2 and 3 norm. S.D. 90(61.6 %) Within 1 norm. S.D. of known value 33(22.6 %) Between 1 and 2 norm. S.D. ------- 4/30 CRD-LV Performance Evaluation: Blind-A, 17-Oct-1995 1 Gross Alpha Lab A AE AF AH AI AJ AK AL AP AR AU AW AZ BA BB BC BG BH BK BL BM BN BO BS BW C CA CE CG CJ CK CM CO CP CQ cs ex D DB DD DE DG DI DL DM = 0 s Res. 1 106.6 72.6 105.2 83.1 99.7 109.1 118.9 98.0 109.4 144.8 110.8 23.4 95.3 113.1 102.2 198.0 94.6 144.0 100.9 122.3 94.0 98.6 109.2 99.1 99.5 101.6 91.0 106.0 2.5 94.8 108.8 95.9 102.0 96.0 107.6 133.0 74.8 93.9 Res. 2 103.0 72.2 107.1 73.5 86.9 99.6 113.9 102.6 88.4 140.7 109.5 25.1 95.1 101.8 102.2 191.5 99.6 133.0 103.1 134.4 88.5 97.1 102.0 124.9 101.4 102.5 100.0 105.0 2.5 87.4 103.8 96.3 100.0 100.0 106.0 133.0 66.3 108.0 Res. 3 93.0 72.2 102.4 81.1 105.6 109.0 122.8 104.7 83.6 145.3 111.4 22.9 89.9 107.5 103.9 185.0 96.3 105.0 99.3 139.1 105.5 97.0 94.4 98.0 91.2 103.7 93.0 110.0 2.6 99.3 112.5 97.5 103.0 100.0 103.2 133.0 64.4 90.8 No data submitted Insufficient data x = Exper. Sigma 7.05 0.23 2.36 5.06 9.56 5.46 4.46 3.43 13.72 2.52 0.97 1.15 3.06 5.65 0.98 6.50 2.54 20.11 1.91 8.67 8.67 0.90 7.40 15.22 5.42 1.05 4.73 2.65 0.06 6.01 4.37 0.83 1.53 2.31 2.23 0.00 5.54 9.17 Rng anal (R + SR) 0.323 0.009 0.111 0.228 0.444 0.225 0.211 0.159 0.612 0.109 0.045 0.052 0.128 0.268 0.040 0.308 0.119 0.925 0.090 0.399 0.403 0.038 0.351 0.638 0.242 0.050 0.213 0.119 0.002 0.282 0.206 0.038 0.071 0.095 0.104 0.000 0.247 0.408 Average 100.87 72.33 104.90 79.23 ' 97.40 105.90 118.53 101.77 93.80 143.60 110.57 23.80 93.43 107.47 102.77 191.50 96.83 127.33 101.10 131.93 96.00 97.57 101.87 107.33 97.37 102.60 94.67 107.00 2.53 93.83 108.37 96.57 101.67 98.67 105.60 133.00 68.50 97.57 TAG SYMBOLS Determined to be an outlier Normalized deviation (grand-avg) (known) Tag -0.06 -2.04 0.22 -1.56 -0.30 0.29 1.17 0.01 -0.55 2.92 0.62 -5,42 -0.57 0.40 0.08 6.25 -0.34 1.78 -0.04 2.10 -0.40 -0.29 0.01 0.39 -0.30 0.06 . -0.49 0.37 -6.90 -0.55 0.46 -0.36 0.00 -0.21 0.27 2.18 -2.31 -0.29 ft = Above 1} = Below 0.10 -1.88 0.38 -1.40 -0.14 0.45 1.33 0.16 -0.39 3.07 ft 0.78 -5.26 x -0.42 0.56 0.23 6.41 X -0.18 1.94 0.12 2.26 -0.24 -0.13 » 0.17 0.55 -0.14 0.22 -0.33 0.53 * -6.74 x -0.39 0.62 -0.20 0.16 -0.05 0.43 2.34 -2.15 -0.13 * » control limit control limit J ------- o o o CRD-LV Performance Evaluation: Blind-A, 17-Oct-1995 5/30 Gross Alpha Lab DO DS DT DZ E EB EL EO ER EV FF FJ FL FN FU FZ GE GI GQ GT GZ HI HK HL HP HX I 1C ID J JE JG JN JQ JS JX JY K KE KT KX L LF LL Res. 1 96.6 105.0 92.4 112.1 103.7 88.0 115.0 93.3 87.7 91.0 120.0 104.3 118.0 61.2 295.1 99.0 98.0 115.9 100.4 84.9 101.0 107.5 95.8 114.6 93.0 104.4 96.6 154.1 97.0 81.9 129.5 173.7 126.0 112.6 110.0 Res. 2 95.7 108.0 95.0 112.2 105.4 96.0 111.0 101.9 85.8 93.0 116.0 95.4 111.0 60.4 176,2 101.9 100.0 118.3 100.4 76.4 105.1 98.2 105.6 113.7 79.3 104.8 115.9 158.2 99.7 96.2 132.7 173.1 127.0 113.7 100.0 Res. 3 94.1 102.0 94.1 109.8 105.0 88.0 112.0 113.5 85.3 94.0 128.0 101.9 118.0 60.8 230.0 102.8 97.0 117.4 100.4 79.4 108.7 110.6 122.5 100.8 82.0 107.9 110.6 154.0 98.4 78.3 129.5 180.7 136.0 113.4 100.0 s No data submitted 0 = Insufficient data x = Exper. Sigma 1.27 3.00 1.32 1.36 0.89 4.62 2.08 10.14 1.27 1.53 6.11 4.60 4.04 0.40 59.54 1.99 1.53 1.21 0.03 4.31 3.85 6.45 13.51 7.72 7.26 1.92 9.97 2.40 1.35 9.47 1.85 4.23 5.51 0.57 5.77 Rng anal (R + SR) 0.059 0.142 0.062 0.057 0.040 0.190 0.095 0.479 0.057 0.071 0.285 0.211 0.166 0.019 4.468 0.090 0.071 0.057 0.000 0.202 0.183 0.294 0.633 0.327 0.325 0.083 0.458 0.100 0.064 0.425 0.076 0.180 ' 0.237 0.026 0.237 Normalized deviation Average 95.47 105.00 93.83 111.37 104.70 90.67 112.67 102.90 86.27 92.67 121.33 100.53 115.67 60.80 233.77 101.23 98.33 117.20 100.40 80.23 104.93 105.43 107.97 109.70 84.77 105.70 107.70 155.43 98.37 85.47 130.57 175.83 129.67 113.23 103.33 TAG SYMBOLS Determined to be an outlier (grand-avg) -0.43 0.23 -0.55 0.67 0.21 -0.77 0.76 0.08 -1.07 -0.63 1.37 -0.08 0.97 -2.84 9.19 -0.03 -0.23 1.08 -0.09 -1.49 0.23 0.26 0.44 0.56 -1.18 0.28 0.42 3.74 -0.23 -1.13 2.01 5.16 1.95 0.80 0.11 It = Above li s Below (known) -0.27 0.39 -0.39 0.83 0.37 -0.61 0.92 0.24 -0.91 -0.47 1.53 0.08 1.13 -2.69 9.35 0.13 -0.07 1.24 0.07 -1.33 0.38 0.42 0.60 0.72 -1.02 0.44 0.58 3.90 -0.07 -0.97 2.17 5.32 2.11 0.96 0.27 control control Tag * * » X tr » X * limit limit ------- ^ = 6/30 CRD-LV Performance Evaluation: Blind-A, 17-Oct-1995 ) Gross Alpha Exper. Rng anal Lab LR LT M MA MF MP MQ MV MY N NA NH NJ NK NO NT O OF OS OX OY OZ P PA PB PG PI PM PQ PR PV PW Q QC QJ QP QQ QT QU QW QX QZ RD RF RG Res. 1 99.0 91.9 119.0 125.0 81.0 84.0 82.1 87.5 89.7 115.0 111.0 96.4 124.3 143.0 93.7 105.7 151.0 87.6 65.2 107.1 137.1 83.9 84.3 85.0 127.4 108.6 92.0 118.9 138.4 100.2 65.0 92.9 86.0 97.6 147.1 112.0 Res. 2 83.0 101.0 127.0 128.0 84.0 82.0 71.9 106.6 95.7 113.0 114.0 94.2 128.0 124.0 92.1 105.0 147.0 113.6 71.4 102.1 125.0 96.6 75.2 86.4 112.4 108.9 93.0 119.5 137.2 106.2 65.6 83.5 85.8 109.8 135.9 108.0 Res. 3 102.0 100.0 128.0 131.0 90.0 86.0 71.4 86.5 93.2 111.0 119.0 95.9 135.2 117.0 91.2 96.0 143.0 95.9 66.3 107.7 110.0 93.7 85.1 91.7 109.8 109.8 92.0 123.9 126.9 101.6 61.6 83.8 86.8 108.1 149.1 119.0 = No data submitted (7! = Insufficient data X s Sigma (R 10.21 4.99 4.93 3.00 4.58 2.00 6.04 11.33 3.01 2.00 4.04 1.15 5.54 13.45 1.27 5.41 4.00 13.28 3.31 3.07 13.58 6.65 5.50 3.53 9.50 0.62 0.58 2.73 6.32 3.14 2.16 5.34 0.53 6.61 7.11 5.57 + SR) 0.451 0.216 0.213 0.142 0.213 0.095 0.254 0.477 0.142 0.095 0.190 0.052 0.259 0.617 0.059 0.230 0.190 0.617 0.147 0.133 0.643 0.301 0.235 0.159 0.417 0.028 0.024 0.119 0.273 0.142 0.095 0.223 0.024 0.289 0.313 0.261 Average 94.67 97.63 124.67 128.00 85.00 84.00 75.13 93.53 92.87 113.00 114.67 95.50 129.17 128.00 92.33 102.23 147.00 99.03 67.63 105.63 124.03 91.40 81.53 87.70 116.53 109.10 92.33 120.77 134.17 102.67 64.07 86.73 86.20 105.17 144.03 113.00 TAG SYMBOLS Determined to be an outlier Normalized deviation (grand-avg) (known) Tag -0.49 -0.28 1.60 1.83 -1.16 -1.23 -1.85 -0.57 -0.61 0.79 0.90 -0.43 1.91 1.83 -0.65 0.04 3.15 -0.18 -2.37 0.27 1.55 -0.72 -1.40 -0.97 1.03 0.52 -0.65 1.33 2.26 0.07 -2.62 -1.04 -1.08 0.24 2.95 0.79 ft = Above & = Below -0.33 -0.12 1.76 * 1.99 * -1.00 -1.07 -1.69 * -0.41 * -0.45 0.95 1.06 -0.27 2.07 1.99 -0.49 0.20 3.31 ft -0.03 -2.21 0.43 1.71 * -0.56 -1.24 -0.81 1.19 * 0.67 » -0.49 1.49 2.42 0.23 -2.46 -0.88 -0.92 0.40 3.10 ft * 0.95 control limit control limit ------- o o o CRD-LV Performance Evaluation: Blind-A, 17-Oct-1995 Gross Alpha Lab Res. 1 RK RP RR RU RV RZ S SC SD SF SI SL SM SN SO SR ss ST sx sz T TD TG TH H TJ TL TN TQ TS TY U UA UE UK UN UP uw UY VA VC VG VH VI = 71.4 45.9 101.4 114.7 105.7 104.0 104.4 94.8 127.0 91.1 81.6 86.5 101.1 113.0 105.0 80.0 102.4 88.6 56.8 105.7 102.1 127.2 102.0 121.6 85.1 84.0 129.0 76.5 100.8 98.0 77.5 95.3 Res. 2 80.8 40.4 105.0 117.6 102.4 100.5 105.1 92.4 140.0 103.8 81.5 88.1 116.5 112.8 105.6 75.2 86.1 105.4 72.1 100.7 62.5 89.2 106.0 123.6 82.9 87.0 130.0 80.4 108.6 94.7 68.1 118.0 Res. 3 80.0 45.5 102.3 106.3 111.8 103.8 101.0 101.0 137.0 89.4 90.6 93.0 131.9 117.6 97.6 81.8 90.7 120.2 62.1 97.9 89.1 93.0 87.4 120.3 84.7 85.1 132.0 72.7 101.1 90.3 70.3 77.4 No data submitted Insufficient data x = Exper. Sigma 5.21 3.07 1.87 5.87 4.77 1.97 2.19 4.44 6.81 7.87 5.23 3.39 15.40 2.72 4.46 3.41 8.40 15.81 7.77 3.95 20.19 20.93 9.79 1.66 1.17 1.52 1.53 3.85 4.42 3.86 4.92 20.35 Rng anal (R + SR) Average 0.223 0.130 0.085 0.268 0.223 0.083 0.097 0.204 0.308 0.342 0.216 0.154 0.731 0.114 0.190 0.157 0.387 0.750 0.363 0.185 0.939 0.901 0.441 0.078 0.052 0.071 0.071 0.183 0.185 0.183 0.223 0.963 77.40 43.93 102.90 112.87 106.63 102.77 103.50 96.07 134.67 94.77 84.57 89.20 116.50 114.47 102.73 79.00 93.07 104.73 63.67 101.43 84.57 103.13 98.47 121.83 84.23 85.37 130.33 76.53 103.50 94.33 71.97 96.90 TAG SYMBOLS Determined to be an outlier 7/30 Normalized deviation (grand-avg) (known) Tag -1.69 -4.02 0.08 0.78 0.34 0.08 0.13 -0.39 2.29 -0.48 -1.19 -0.87 1.03 0.89 0.07 -1.58 -0.60 0.21 -2.64 -0.02 -1.19 0.10 -0.22 1.40 -1.21 -1.13 1.99 -1.75 0.13 -0.51 -2.07 -0.33 ft = Above U = Below -1.53 -3.86 0.24 0.94 0.50 0.23 0.29 -0.23 2.45 -0.32 -1.03 -0.71 1.19 1.05 0.23 -1.42 -0.44 0.37 -2.49 0.14 -1.03 0.26 -0.06 1.56 -1.05 -0.98 2.15 -1.59 0.29 -0.35 -1.91 -0.17 control control * * H , * , * * * limit limit ------- 8/30 CRD-LV Performance Evaluation: Blind-A, 17-Oct-1995 Gross Alpha Lab Res. 1 Res. 2 VJ VM VO 88.3 82.5 VT W 124.0 116.0 WE 102.1 95.6 WF 81.4 87.3 WO X 102.8 123.5 Exper. Rng anal Res. 3 Sigma (R + SR) 75.2 6.56 0.311 118.0 4.16 0.190 90.4 5.86 0.278 92.0 5.31 0.251 122.6 11.70 0.491 Normalized deviation Average (grand-avg) (known) 82.00 -1.37 -1.21 119.33 1.23 1.39 96.03 -0.39 -0.23 86.90 -1.03 -0.87 116.30 1.02 1.18 Tag * * Data sorted by Laboratory Average Average Tag 2.53 x 23.80 x 43.93 U 60.80 63.67 64.07 67.63 68.50 71.97 72.33 75.13 76.53 77.40 79.00 79.23 80.23 81.53 82.00 84.00 ! 84.23 84.57 84.57 84.77 85.00 85.37 85.47 86.20 86.27 86.73 86.90 87.70 89.20 90.67 = No data submitted 0 =5 Insufficient data Lab Average Tag CO 91.40 AZ 92.33 RU 92.33 GQ 92.67 TG 92.87 QU 93.07 PA 93.43 DG 93.53 VH 93.80 AE 93.83 MY 93.83 UN 94.33 RK 94.67 SZ 94.67 AH 94.77 HP 95.47 PQ 95.50 VO 96.00 MV 96.03 TY 96.07 TL 96.57 SN 96.83 JE 96.90 MQ 97.37 U 97.40 JY 97.57 QX 97.57 FJ 97.63 QW 98.33 WF 98.37 PR 98.47 SO 98.67 EO 99.03 TAG SYMBOLS Lab Average Tag PM 100.40 QJ 100.53 OS 100.87 FL 101.10 NJ 101.23 T 101.43 BA 101.67 NA 101.77 AR 101.87 DZ 102.23 CQ 102.60 UW 102.67 LR 102.73 CJ 102.77 SM 102.77 DS 102.90 NT 102.90 BO 103.13 WE 103.33 SI 103.50 CX 103.50 BH 104.70 VI 104.73 CE 104.90 AJ 104.93 DI 105.00 BS 105.17 LT 105.43 HI 105.60 JS 105.63 TQ 105.70 DB 105.90 P 106.63 1T = Above control x s Determined to be an outlier & = Below control Lab HL FU A BM GZ TH D AP C OX CG QT sx BC SD RZ EV TN LF UP SF EB TD AF I DT QZ 1C DD PB JG AK SC limit limit ------- o o Gross Alpha CRD-LV Performance Evaluation: Blind-A, 17-Oct-1995 9/3 Data sorted by Laboratory Average Average 107.00 107.33 107.47 107.70 107.97 108.37 109.10 109.70 110.57 111.37 112.67 112.87 113.00 113.00 113.23 % responding in. ------ -6 Tag. Lab CK CA BB JN ID CS Q J AW E ER S RG NK L Average 114.47 114.67 115.67 116.30 116.50 116.53 117.20 118.53 119.33 120.77 121.33 121.83 124.03 124.67 127.33 128.00 labs Frequency II ml -4 -2 Tag Lab SS NO FZ X SR PV HK AL W QP FN TS PG M BK OF Average Tag 128.00 129.17 129.67 130.33 130.57 131.93 133.00 134.17 134.67 143.60 ft 144.03 ft 147.00 ft 155.43 ft 175.83 x 191.50 x 233.77 x distribution .fl.--|l. T 6 +2 +4 La M 0 1C IL K Bl Dl Q< SI Al Rl O^ JC Kl B( Gr A Normalized deviation of the mean from the known value % responding in- ------ labs Frequency _ , .ll.ll distribution _ Jf Illlill +2 +4 Normalized deviation of the mean from the grand average O s No data submitted 0 = Insufficient data TAG SYMBOLS x = Determined to be an outlier ft = Above control limit JJ- = Below control limit ------- CRD-LV Performance Evaluation: Blind-A, 17-Oct-1995 10/30 o Radium-226 Statistical Summary 189 Participants The known value of this nuclide is 24.8 pCi/1 with an expected precision of 3.7; the control limits are 18.4 to 31.2; the warning regions are 18.4 to 20.5 and 29.1 to 31.2 85(45.0 %) Failed to respond 5(2.6 %) Outliers 13(6.9 %) Out of control but not an outlier Statistic . 77(40.7 %) Within all limits Respondents -- 9(4.8 %) In warning zone but within control Non-outliers o Mean Std. Dev. Variance %Coef. ofVar. % deviation of mean from known value Norm. dev. of mean from known value Median % deviation of median from known value Norm. dev. of median from known value 25.63 23.62 558.12 92.18 3.35 0.04 24.07 -2.96 -0.03 Grand Avg 23.27 3.78 14.27 16.23 -6.16 -0.40 24.03 -3.09 -0.20 O 18(17.3 %) More than 3 norm. S.D. , < 9(8.7 %) Between 2 and 3 norm. S.D. 5(52.9 %) Within 1 norm. S.D. of Known value 22(21.2 %) Between 1 and 2 norm. S.D. ------- (( = 11/30 CRD-LV Performance Evaluation: Blind- A, 17-Oct-1995 1 Radium-226 Lab A AE AF AH AI AJ AK AL AP AR AU AW AZ BA BB BC BG BH BK BL BM BN BO BS BW C CA CE CG CJ CK CM CO CP CQ CS ex D DB DD DE DG DI DL DM = 0 3 V: Res. 1 23.4 23.3 24.7 27.3 22.2 24.2 26.4 21.0 20.7 23.6 18.6 26.3 24.0 20.5 23.6 22.5 25.1 24.4 23.4 24.8 19.9 23.4 24.0 18.9 26.2 21.9 24.7 Res. 2 24.4 23.6 23.7 26.7 20.6 23.4 26.9 21.0 20.8 26.7 18.2 25.5 45.0 24.4 23.7 21.8 26.5 23.4 24.9 24.3 23.8 22.6 25.0 18.0 25.4 22.8 24.7 Res. 3 24.3 24.0 23.9 26.7 22.2 25.3 27.7 21.6 22.7 29.2 17.6 27.6 44,0 21.8 23.6 22.4 24.9 22.7 26.0 24.3 20.7 25.3 25.0 22.9 24.9 22.0 24.7 No data submitted Insufficient data X s Exper. Sigma 0.55 0.35 0.53 0.35 K < 0.92 0.95 0.66 0.35 1.13 2.81 0.50 1.06 11,85 1.99 0.06 0.38 0.87 0.85 1.31 0.29 2.06 1.39 0.58 2.61 0.66 0.49 0.01 Rng anal (R + SR) Average 0.160 0.112 0.160 0.096 0.255 0.303 0.208 0.096 0.319 0.894 0.160 0.335 5.481 0.623 0.016 0.112 0.255 0.271 0.415 0.080 0.623 0.431 0.160 0.782 0.208 0.144 0.000 24.03 23.63 24.10 26.90 21.67 24.30 27.00 21.20 21.40 26.50 18.13 26.47 37.67 22.23 23.63 22.23 25.50 23.50 24.77 24.47 21.47 23.77 24.67 19.93 25.50 22.23 24.70 TAG SYMBOLS Determined to be an outlier Normalized deviation (grand-avg) (known) Tag 0.36 0.17 0.39 1.70 -0.75 0.48 1.74 -0.97 -0.88 1.51 -2-.41 1.50 6,74 -0.49 0.17 -0.49 1.04 0.11 0.70 0.56 -0.85 0.23 0.65 -1.56 1.04 -0.49 0.67 IT = Above U = Below -0.36 -0.55 -0.33 0.98 -1.47 -0.23 1.03 -1.69 -1.59 0.80 -3.12 0.78 6.02 -1.20 -0.55 -1.20 0.33 -0.61 -0.02 -0.16 -1.56 -0.48 -0.06 -2.28 0.33 -1.20 -0.05 control control « * * |l * X * * * * * * * * limit limit J ------- o o o i Radium-226 Lab Res. 1 DO DS DT DZ E EB EL EO ER EV EX FF FJ FL FN FU FZ GE 61 GQ GT GZ HI HK HL HP HX I 1C ID J JE JG JN JQ JS JX JY K KE KT EX L LF LL = 0 s 23.4 25.7 20.0 24.3 26.9 25.4 24.3 21.5 32.0 20.4 26.0 21.6 26.7 24.8 14.9 22.2 27.6 16.8 23.2 23.0 24.4 21.7 24.5 CRD-LV Res. 2 25.4 27.5 20.0 24.6 25.1 25.4 24.0 19.5 33.0 19.7 25.3 21.6 23.9 24.1 16.5 24.5 32.6 18.9 21.0 24.2 28.0 20.3 24.3 Performance Evaluation: Blind-A, 17-Oct-1995 Res. 3 24.4 27.1 20.4 25.0 26.0 22.5 24.8 19.9 32.0 19.0 26.8 21.6 26.0 24.6 15.4 24.6 23.9 18.4 22.3 25.2 29.2 21.0 24.9 No data submitted Insufficient data X ~ Exper. Rng anal Sigma (R + SR) Average 1.00 0.95 0.23 0.35 0.90 1.67 0.40 1.06 0.58 0.70 0.75 0.01 1.46 0.36 0.82 1.36 4.37 1.10 1.11 1.10 2.50 0.70 0.31 0.319 0.287 0.064 0.112 0.287 0.463 0.128 0.319 0.160 0.223 0.239 0.000 0.447 0.112 0.255 0.383 1.741 0.335 0.351 0.351 0.766 0.223 0.096 - 24.40 26.77 20.13 24.63 26.00 24.43 24.37 20.30 32.33 19.70 26.03 21.60 25.53 24.50 15.60 23.77 28.03 18.03 22.17 24.13 27.20 21.00 24.57 TAG SYMBOLS Determined to be an outlier 12/30 Normalized deviation (grand-avg) (known) Tag 0.53 1.64 -1.47 0.64 1.28 0.54 0.51 -1.39 4.24 -1.67 1.29 -0.78 1.06 0.57 -3.59 0.23 2.23 -2.45 -0.52 0.40 1.84 -1.06 0.61 ft = Above !! = Below -0.19 0.92 -2.18 -0.08 0.56 -0.17 -0.20 -2.11 3.53 -2.39 0.58 -1.50 0.34 -0.14 -4.31 -0.48 1.51 -3.17 -1.23 -0.31 1.12 -1.78 -0.11 control control * * * ft * ' * * « » u u » * « limit limit ------- 13 / 30 CRD-LV Performance Evaluation: Blind- A, 17-Oct-1995 1 Radium-226 1 Lab LR LT M MA MF MP MQ MV MY N NA NH NJ NK NO NT O OF OS OX OY OZ P PA PB PG PI PM PQ PR PV PW Q QC QJ QP QQ QT QU QW QX QZ RD RF RG = 0 s Res. 1 268.0 19.0 22.9 28.6 28.0 29.9 24.8 19.5 25.3 16.0 33.0 24.6 20.3 8,0 22.1 24.2 32.0 16.6 12.8 14.9 24.6 15.2 23.4 19.2 24.0 Res. 2 252,0 28.1 20.8 26.7 32.0 30.1 24.9 16.5 25.4 15.2 32.8 24.4 20.7 9.3 26.8 21.8 27.2 14.3 13.9 15.6 25.0 16.6 22.7 21.2 26.0 Res. 3 257.0 24.3 20.4 25.0 26.0 31.7 24.9 14.3 25.7 15.0 31.5 24.9 19.0 mo 23.2 23.2 31.1 16.5 12.4 15.9 25.0 16.1 23.2 21.4 24.0 No data submitted Insufficient data x = Exper. Sigma 8.19 4.57 1.34 1.80 3.06 0.99 0.06 2.61 0.21 0.53 0.81 0.25 0.89 <\ ' 1.01 2.46 1.21 2.55 1.30 0.78 0.51 0.23 0.71 0.36 1.22 1.15 > Rng anal (R + SR) 3,960 1.862 0.399 0.575 0.958 0.287 0.016 0.830 0.064 0.160 0.239 0.080 0.271 0.319 0.750 0.383 0.766 0.367 0.239 0.160 0.064 0.223 0.112 0.351 0.319 Average 259.00 23.80 21.37 26.77 28.67 30.57 24.87 16.77 25.47 15.40 32.43 24.63 20.00 9,10 24.03 23.07 30.10 15.80 13.03 15.47 24.87 15.97 23.10 20.60 24.67 TAG SYMBOLS Determined to be an outlier Normalized (grand-avg) 110.35 0.25 -0.89 1.64 2.53 3.41 0.75 -3.05 1.03 -3.69 4.29 0.64 -1.53 -6,63 0.36 -0.10 3.20 -3.50 -4.79 -3.65 0.75 -3.42 -0.08 -1.25 0.65 deviation (known) Tag 109.63 -0.47 -1.61 0.92 1.81 2.70 0.03 -3.76 0.31 -4.40 3.57 -0.08 -2.25 -7.35 -0.36 -0.81 2.48 -4.21 -5.51 -4.37 0.03 -4.14 -0.80 -1.97 -0.06 11 = Above control § = Below control X . * * * m + * . * U H n * X * 11 * Ji U * Ji limit limit 1 ------- o o o CRD-LV Performance Evaluation: Blind- A, 17-Oct-1995 14 /3< Radium-226 Lab RK RP RR RU RV RZ S sc SD SF SI SL SM SJST so SR ss ST sx sz T ID TO TH TI TJ TL TN TQ TS TY U UA HE UK UN UP UQ uw UY VA VC VG VH VI Res. 1 26.4 24.4 23.8 25.0 23.2 21.0 21.2 11.7 23.7 23.6 21.7 24.4 24.0 25.0 58.1 23.7 22.9 18.2 24.7 29.7 26.4 15.2 21.9 24.7 24.9 22.7 22.6 Res. 2 24.9 21.8 21.8 24.9 24.4 20.0 24.3 7*3 25.7 23.7 22.9 22.1 25.3 25.1 48.2 23.9 6.3 20.1 28.5 31.8 25.7 14.5 26.8 25.8 23.9 18.2 20.3 Res. 3 24.1 20.0 23.5 25.0 25.7 21.2 19.3 10.6 22.7 24.5 24.0 23.8 23.4 25.7 31.3 26.9 5.2 22.9 27.4 29.5 26.5 12.9 24.4 24.5 24.6 21.6 21.4 = No data submitted 0 = Insufficient data x = Exper. Sigma 1.17 2.21 1.08 0.06 1.25 0.64 2.52 2.29 1.53 0.49 1.15 1.19 0.97 0.38 13.55 1.79 9.92 2.36 1.96 1.27 0.44 1.18 2.45 0.70 0.51 2.35 1.15 Rng anal (R + SR) 0.367 0.702 0.319 0.016 0.399 0.192 0.798 0.702 0.479 0.144 0.367 0.367 0.303 0.112 7.244 0.511 4.477 0.750 0.607 0.367 0.128 0.367 0.782 0.208 0.160 0.718 0.367 Average 25.13 22.07 23.03 24.97 24.43 20.73 21.60 9.87 24.03 ' 23.93 22.87 23.43 24.23 25.27 45.87 24.83 11.47 20.40 26.87 30.33 26.20 14.20 24.37 25.00 24.47 20.83 2.1.43 TAG SYMBOLS Determined to be an outlier Normalized deviation (grand-avg) (known) 0.87 -0.56 -0.11 0.79 0.54 -1.19 -0.78 -6.28 0.36 0.31 -0.19 0.08 0.45 0.93 10.58 0.73 -5.53 -1.34 1.68 3.31 1.37 -4.25 0.51 0.81 0.56 -1.14 -0.86 ft = Above U = Below 0.16 -1.28 -0.83 0.08 -0.17 -1.90 -1.50 -6,90 -0.36 -0.41 -0.91 -0.64 -0.27 0.22 9.86 0.02 -6.24 -2.06 0.97 2.59 0.66 -4.96 -0.20 0.09 -0.16 -1.86 -1.58 Ta, * X * * * X * * U * » U * « * control limit control limit ------- 15/30 Radium-226 Lab Res. 1 VJ VM VO VT W 21.1 WE WF WO X 23.1 tH^^MH Average 9.10 9.87 11.47 13.03 14.20 15.40 15.47 15.60 15.80 15.97 16.77 18.03 18.13 19.70 19.93 20.00 20.13 20.30 20.40 20.60 20.73 20.83 21.00 21.20 21.37 21.40 21.43 21.47 21.60 21.60 21.67 22.07 22.17 CRD-LV Performance Evaluation: Blind- A, 17-Oct-1995 Exper. Res. 2 Res. 3 Sigma 23.6 23.0 1.31 27.9 23.1 2.77 ^ . , Rng anal Normalized deviation (R + SR) Average (grand-avg) (known) Tag 0.399 22.57 -0.33 -1.05 0.766 24.70 0.67 -0.05 ^^^^^Mi^^^Mi^H^H * * i^^^ Data sorted by Laboratory Average Tag Lab x PQ x SI U TL U QQ li UN U OY li QT U ID U QJ U QX U OF U JG U BA GQ CK PG E FN TN RD SD VH K AU M AW VI CE SF HL AK RU JS Average 22.23 22.23 22.23 22.57 22.87 23.03 23.07 23.10 23.43 23.50 23.63 23.63 23.77 23.77 23.80 23.93 24.03 24.03 24.03 24.10 24.13 24.23 24.30 24.37 24.37 24.40 24.43 24.43 24.47 24.47 24.50 24.57 24.63 Tag Lab DB BM BH W SS RZ PW QZ sx BO BK AE J CG LT SO PV A SM AF JX sz AL UP ER DT SC EO UW CA I L PB Average Tag 24.63 24.67 24.67 24.70 24.70 24.77 24.83 24.87 24.87 24.97 25.00 25.13 25.27 25.47 25.50 25.50 25.53 26.00 26.03 26.20 26.47 26.50 26.77 26.77 26.87 26.90 27.00 27.20 28.03 28.67 30.10 30.33 30.57 . s No data submitted TAG SYMBOLS ft = Above control 0 = Insufficient data x = Determined to be an outlier !) = Below control Lab EB RF CJ X DE C TI QU NT S UQ RK T OX CS BN HP EL HK U BC AZ NH DZ TQ AH AP JY JE NJ Q TS NO limit limit ------- o o o CRD-LV Performance Evaluation: Blind-A, 17-Oct-1995 Raditun-226 Data sorted by Laboratory Average Average Tag Lab Average Tag Lab Average Tag 32.33 ft FZ 32.43 37.67 ft P 45.87 x x BG 259.00 x 16/30 Lai TE LB % responding labs Frequency distribution _ 10. ^j III 1 -6 -4 -2 0 +2 +4 Normalized deviation of the mean from the known value % responding labs Frequency distribution in. - - - IU- ________ 1:;; ::;:::::::::: |-_. ii.-i. _ _ _. . -6 -4 -2 0 +2 +4 Normalized deviation of the mean from the grand average +6 +6 s No data submitted TAG SYMBOLS ft = Above control limit [ 0 = Insufficient data x = Determined to be an outlier 11 = Below control limit ------- CRD-LV Performance Evaluation: Blind-A, 17-Oct-1995 17 o o o Radivun-228 Statistical Summary 189 Participant The known value of this nuclide is 20.7 pCi/1 with an expected precision of 5.2; the control limits are 11.7 to 29.7; the warning fegions are 11.7 to 14.7 and 26.7 to 29.7 93(49.2 %) Failed to respond 3(1.6 %) Outliers . 87(46.0 %) Within all limits ----6(3.2 %) In warning zone but within contra Statistic Mean Std. Dev. Variance %Coef. ofVar. % deviation of mean from known value Norm. dev. of mean from known value Median % deviation of median from known value Norm. dev. of median from known value Respondents 20.17 3.59 12.92 17.82 -2.56 -0.15 20.53 -0.81 -0.05 Non-outliers Grand Avg 20.31 2.75 7.56 13.54 -1.88 -0.14 20.60 -0.48 -0.04 3(3.1 %) More than 3 norm. S.D. I 6(6.3 %) Between 2 and 3 norm. S .-77(80.2 %) Within 1 norm. S.D. t of known value 1O(1O.4 %) Between 1 and 2 norm. S.D. ------- 18/30 CRD-LV Performance Evaluation: Blind- A, 17-Oct-1995 Radium-228 Lab A AE AF AH AI AJ AK AL AP AR AU AW AZ BA BB BC BG BH BK BL BM BN BO BS BW C CA CE CG CJ CK CM CO CP CQ cs ex D DB DD DE DG DI DL DM = 0 = Res. 1 20.6 17.6 22.7 20.2 22.6 18.8 16.1 3.2 16.0 24.3 21.4 18.2 21.1 19.7 18.5 18.6 21.4 20.9 17.4 18.8 20.0 20.4 14.4 20.5 22.8 Res. 2 17.8 19.2 22.1 21.7 20.4 22.9 18.8 3.7 15.9 20.4 21.6 17.4 18.3 19.4 20.0 18.7 21.0 20.7 18.9 17.7 20.0 17.4 14.0 22.8 22.8 Res. 3 18.8 19.9 22.4 20.8 20.0 19.0 21.1 3.4 15.8 22.7 21.7 16.9 18.3 18.7 19.0 20.6 19.8 18.7 19.5 21.5 19.0 22.3 14.6 23.4 22.9 No data submitted Insufficient data x = Exper. Rng anal Normalized deviation Sigma (R + SR) Average (grand-avg) (known) Tag 1.42 1.18 0.30 0.75 1.40 2.31 2.50 0.25 0.10 1.96 0.15 0.66 1.62 0.51 0.76 1.13 0.83 1.22 1.08 1.96 0.58 2.47 0.31 1.53 0.06 0.318 0.261 0.068 0.170 0.295 0.466 0.568 0.057 0.023 0.443 0.034 0.148 0.318 0.114 0.170 0.227 0.182 0.250 0.239 0.432 0.114 0.557 0.068 0.329 0.011 19.07 18.90 22.40 20.90 21.00 20.23 18.67 3.43 15.90 22.47 21.57 17.50 19.23 19.27 19.17 19.30 20.73 20.10 18.60 19.33 19.67 20.03 14.33 22.23 22.83 TAG SYMBOLS Determined to be an outlier -0.41 -0.47 0.70 0.20 0.23 -0.03 -0.55 -0.62 -1.47 0.72 0.42 -0.94 -0.36 -0.35 -0.38 -0.34 0.14 -0.07 -0.57 -0.33 -0.21 -0.09 -1.99 0.64 0.84 ft = Above Jl = Below -0.54 -0.60 0.57 0.07 ». 0.10 -0.16 -0.68 * -5.75 x -1.60 0.59 0.29 * -1.07 * -0.49 -0.48 * -0.51 -0.47 0.01 -0.20 -0.70 -0.46 -0.34 -0.22 * * * -2.12 * 0.51 * 0.71 * * control limit control limit ------- o o o CRD-LV Performance Evaluation: Blind- A, 17-Oct-1995 19 /30 Radium-228 Lab DO DS DT DZ E EB EL EO ER EV EX FF FJ FL FN FU FZ GE GI GQ GT GZ HI HK HL HP HX I 1C ro J JE JG JN JQ JS JX JY K KE KT EX L LF LL Res. 1 22.6 21.8 18.4 21.5 20.6 22.3 . 10.0 12.3 20.3 20.8 19.9 18.8 27.4 21.1 24.2 24.9 20.8 20.6 24.7 17.0 19.9 Res. 2 21.3 20.8 17.5 21.3 19.7 24.0 14,0 11.3 20.8 20.8 17.2 17.4 27.8 19.9 28.6 27.1 20.7 20.1 20.5 18.6 21.0 Res. 3 19.8 20.7 18.3 20.5 20.9 20.4 8.8 12.3 20.2 20.8 17.6 19.9 25.4 19.1 26.2 20.0 20.4 21.6 22.6 18.5 21.3 = No data submitted Insufficient data x = Exper. Sigma 1.40 0.61 0.49 0.53 0.62 1.80 2.72 0.58 0.32 0.00 1.46 1.25 1.29 1.01 2.20 3.63 0.21 0.76 2.10 0.90 0.74 Rng anal (R + SR) 0.318 0.125 0.102 0.114 0.136 0.409 0.591 0.114 0.068 0.000 0.307 0.284 0.273 0.227 0.500 0.806 0.045 0.170 0.477 0.182 0.159 . Average 21.23 21.10 18.07 21.10 20.40 f 22.23 10.93 11.97 20.43 20.80 18.23 18.70 26.87 20.03 26.33 24.00 20.63 20.77 22.60 18.03 20.73 TAG SYMBOLS Determined to be an outlier Normalized deviation (grand-avg) (known) 0.31 0.26 -0.75 0.26 0.03 0.64 -3.12 -2.78 0.04 0.16 -0.69 -0.54 2.18 -0.09 2.01 1.23 0.11 0.15 0.76 -0.76 0.14 IT = Above li = Below 0.18 0.13 -0.88 0.13 -0.10 0.51 -3.25 -2.91 V. _ -0.09 0.03 -0.82 -0.67 2.05 -0.22 1.88 1.10 -0.02 0.02 0.63 -0.89 0.01 Tag » . * * « « , * X * * » * * , * control limit control limit ------- f 20 / 30 CRD-LV Performance Evaluation: Blind-A, 17-Oct-1995 Radium-228 1 Lab LR LT M MA MF MP MQ MV MY N NA NH NJ NK NO NT O OF OS OX OY OZ P PA PB PO PI PM PQ PR PV PW Q QC QJ QP QQ QT QU QW QX QZ RD RF R6 = 0 s Res. I 37,0 19.9 24.0 17.2 22.0 19.0 20.5 28.0 21.4 20.0 13.5 20.1 19.7 20.7 20.9 24.0 23.6 19.7 21.3 19.7 18.7 16.5 21.0 Res. 2 31,0 18.0 23.0 16.2 21.0 21.0 21.3 22.0 21.2 21.0 10.3 20.8 18.4 17.8 21.2 23.4 19.7 21.7 20.0 19.9 18.6 18.1 20.0 Res. 3 31.0 20.9 22.0 20.0 23.0 22.4 19.8 20.8 22.0 12.2 20,5 21.4 26.2 20.6 19.1 25.1 19.2 22.6 19.6 18.1 18.5 22.0 No data submitted Insufficient data X s Exper. Sigma 3.46 1.47 1.00 * 1.00 2.00 0.95 4.24 0.31 1.00 1.61 0.35 1.50 4.27 0.30 2.67 2.79 1.32 1.30 0.15 0.32 1.06 1.00 Rng anal (R + SR) Average 0.682 0.329 0.227 0.227 0.454 0.216 0.931 0.068 0.227 0.363 0.080 0.341 0.954 0.068 0.557 0.613 0.284 0.295 0.034 0.068 0.227 0.227 33.00 19.60 23.00 21.00 21.00 21.40 23.27 21.13 21.00 12.00 20.47 19.83 21.57 20.90 22.17 22.80 20.20 21.30 19.73 18.47 17.70 21.00 - TAG SYMBOLS Determined to be an outlier Normalized deviation (grand-avg) (known) Tag 4.23 -0.24 0.90 0.23 . 0.23 0.36 0.98 0.27 0.23 -2.77 0.05 -0.16 0.42 0.20 0.62 0.83 -0.04 0.33 -0.19 -0.61 -0.87 0.23 ft s Above li = Below 4.10 x -0.37 0.77 * * * . » * * . 0 0.10 . 0.10 0.23 * 0.85 * 0.14 0.10 -2.90 * -0.08 » * * -0.29 0.29 0.07 0.49 * 0.70 * * -0.17 0.20 » -0.32 -0.74 -1.00 0.10 » control limit control limit ------- o o o L_ CRD-LV Performance Evaluation: Blind-A, 17-Oct-1995 21/30 Radium-228 Lab RK RP RR RU RV RZ S sc SD SF SI SL SM SN SO SR ss ST sx sz T TD TG TH TI TJ TL TN TQ TS TY U UA UK UN UP UQ uw UY VA VC VG VH VI Res. 1 15.7 20.7 22.6 19.3 18.1 24.2 19.6 14.5 23.4 20.7 20.5 23.1 22.4 24.2 27.3 20.0 20.5 22.0 16.3 19.6 12.6 22.3 19.7 20.6 19.6 21.3 Res. 2 17.9 20.9 21.9 21.8 15.9 24.9 24.7 14.4 21.2 19.0 23.2 24.5 22.7 29.5 27.1 19.9 18.9 24.4 17.0 17.7 13.0 20.0 19.4 20.9 23.3 19.6 Res. 3 16.0 20.2 23.0 19.1 15.9 25.1 19.7 18.4 21.5 20.0 21.8 20.0 21.5 25.9 29.9 21.5 16.9 24.2 13.3 16.0 13.3 20.8 20.7 19.5 20.1 20.0 = No data submitted 1 0 = Insufficient data X s Exper. Sigma 1.19 0.36 0.56 1.50 1.27 0.47 2.92 2.28 1.19 0.85 1.35 2.30 0.62 2.71 1.56 0.90 1.80 1.33 1.97 1.80 0.35 1.17 0.68 0.74 2.01 0.89 Rng anal (R + SR) Average 0.250 0.080 0.125 0.307 0.250 0.102 0.579 0.454 0.250 0.193 0.307 0.511 0.136 0.602 0.318 0.182 0.409 0.273 0.420 0.409 0.080 0.261 0.148 0.159 0.420 0.193 16.53 20.60 22.50 20.07 16.63 24.73 21.33 15.77 22.03 19.90 21.83 22.53 22.20 26.53 28.10 20.47 18.77 23.53 15.53 17.77 12.97 21.03 19.93 20.33 21.00 20.30 TAG SYMBOLS Determined to be an outlier Normalized deviation (grand-avg) (known) Tag -1.26 0.10 0.73 -0.08 -1.23 1.47 0.34 -1.51 0.57 -0.14 0.51 0.74 0.63 2.07 2.59 0.05 -0.51 1.07 -1.59 -0.85 -2.45 0.24 -0.13 0.01 0.23 0.00 IT = Above 11 = Below -1.39 -0.03 0.60 -0.21 -1.35 1.34 0.21 -1.64 0.44 -0.27 0.38 0.61 0.50 1.94 2.46 -0.08 -0.64 0.94 -1.72 -0.98 -2.58 0.11 -0.26 -0.12 0.10 -0.13 control control * * * » * , » * * * * * limit limit ------- 22/30 Radium-228 Lab Res. VJ VM VO VT W 21. WE WF WO X 19. CRD-LV Performance Evaluation: Blind-A, 17-Oct-1995 Exper. Rng anal 1 Res. 2 Res. 3 Sigma (R + SR) 8 21.6 19.7 1.16 0.239 4 14.1 19.8 3.18 0.647 Normalized deviation Average (grand-avg) (known) 21.03 0.24 0.11 17.77 -0.85 -0.98 ) Tag * * * Data sorted by Laboratory Average Average 3.43 10.93 11.97 12.00 12.97 14.33 15.53 15.77 15.90 16.53 16.63 17.50 17.70 17.77 17.77 18.03 18.07 18.23 18.47 18.60 j 18.67 18.70 18.77 18.90 19.07 19.17 19.23 19.27 19.30 19.33 19.60 19.67 s No data Tag Lab x AU x FZ GQ P UN cs TS SI AW RK SC BC RD X U K EB HP QZ CE AP I TN AE A BM BH BK BO CG LT CJ Average Tag 19.73 19.83 19.90 19.93 20.03 20.03 20.07 20.10 20.20 20.23 20.30 20.33 20.40 20.43 20.47 20.47 20.60 20.63 20.73 20.73 20.77 20.80 20.90 20.90 21.00 21.00 21.00 21.00 21.00 21.00 21.03 21.03 submitted TAG SYMBOLS Lab QX PQ ss UQ CK J S CA QT AL VI UW EO HK TL PB RU JS L C JX HL PW AH VH RF OY NO NJ AK UP W Average Tag 21.10 21.10 21.13 21.23 21.30 21.33 21.40 21.57 21.57 21.83 22.03 22.17 22.20 22.23 22.23 22.40 22.47 22.50 22.53 22.60 22.80 22.83 23.00 23.27 23.53 24.00 24.73 26.33 26.53 26.87 28.10 33.00 x ft = Above control 0 = Insufficient data x = Determined to be an outlier Ji = Below control Lab EL DZ OX DT QU SF NT PV BA sx SM Q T FN DB AF AZ RZ SZ JY QJ DE M OF TQ JG SD JE TD ID TI LR limit limit ------- CRD-LV Performance Evaluation: Blind-A, 17-Oct-1995 o o o Radium-228 % responding labs Frequency distribution 20- 10- . filHfliL. % responding labs 20-1 -4 -20 +2 +4 Normalized deviation of the mean from the known value Frequency distribution 10- -6 ....II f- -4 -20+2 +4 Normalized deviation of the mean from the grand average ------- CRD-LV Performance Evaluation: Blind-A, 17-Oct-1995 24/30 o Uranium (Natural) Statistical Summary 190 Participants The known value of this nuclide is 27.0 pCi/1 with an expected precision of 3.0; the control limits are 21.8 to 32.2; the warning regions are 21.8 to 23.5 and 30.5 to 32.2 85(44.7 %) Failed to respond . 5(2.6 %) Outliers 7(3.7 %) Out of control but not an outlier Statistic ; 86(45.3 %) Within all limits Respondents --- 7(3.7 %) In warning zone but within control Non-outliers o Mean Std. Dev. Variance %Coef. ofVar. % deviation of mean from known value Norm. dev. of mean from known value Median % deviation of median from known value Norm. dev. of median from known value 26.18 4.16 17.29 15.89 -3.05 -0.20 26.47 -1.98 -0.13 Grand Avg 26.33 2.52 6.35 9.57 -2.47 -0.26 26.50 -1.85 -0.20 O 12(11.4 %) More than 3 norm. S.D 8(7.6 %) Between 2 and 3 norm. S.D. * .53(50.5 %) Within 1 norm. S.D. * of known value 32(30.5 %) Between 1 and 2 norm. S.D. ------- 25/30 CRD-LV Performance Evaluation: Blind-A, 17-Oct-1995 1 Uranium (Natural) Lab A AE AF AH AI AJ AK AL AP AR AU AW AZ BA BB BC BG BG BH BK BL BM BN BO BS BW C CA CE CG CJ CK CM CO CP CQ CS cx D DB DD DE DG DI PL = 0 = Res. 1 25.6 28.3 30.7 25.9 26.2 22.1 22.3 25.1 27.6 29.4 22.5 27.2 24.0 28.4 30.9 26.7 27.9 23.9 24.9 28.2 26.2 27.0 23.8 23.0 32.4 5.0 42.1 30.6 22.4 24.9 25.7 Res. 2 24.4 29.9 31.4 21.1 27.5 30.1 21.7 24.6 28.7 25.9 25.2 26.8 25.5 28.8 31.5 25.5 27.3 26.6 24.2 26.6 24.7 26.7 24.3 24.0 27.9 5.0 42.0 29.2 23.7 24.9 26.9 Res. 3 25.0 29.5 29.7 26.9 28.8 29.1 21.1 24.7 29.3 26.2 21.9 27.1 22.4 29.1 27.9 25.8 27.6 26.0 29.9 24.0 26.4 27.1 24.9 24.0 29.0 6,1 42.6 29.5 24.5 24.9 24.4 No data submitted Insufficient data X s Exper. Rng anal Normalized deviation Sigma (R + SR) Average (grand-avg) (known) Tag 0.60 0.83 0.85 3.10 1.30 4.36 0.60 0.26 0.86 1.94 1.76 0.21 1.55 0.35 1.93 0.62 0.30 1.42 3.11 2.12 0.93 0.21 0.55 0.58 2.35 0.06 0.40 0.74 1.06 0.01 1.25 0.236 0.315 0.335 1.270 0.512 2.095 0.236 0.098 0.335 0.689 0.650 0.079 0.610 0.138 0.709 0.236 0.118 0.532 1.233 0.827 0.335 0.079 0.217 0.197 0.886 0.020 0.158 0.276 0.413 0.000 0.492 25.00 29.23 30.60 24.63 27.50 27.10 21.70 24.80 28.53 27.17 23.20 27.03 23.97 28.77 30.10 26.00 27.60 25.50 26.33 26.27 25.77 26.93 24.33 23.67 29.77 5.03 42.53 29.77 23.53 24.90 25.67 TAG SYMBOLS Determined to be an outlier -0.77 1.67 2.46 -0.98 0.67 0.44 -2.67 -0.89 1.27 0.48 -1.81 0.40 -1.37 1.41 2.17 -0.19 0.73 -0.48 0.00 -0.04 -0.33 0.35 -1.15 -1.54 1.98 -12.30 9.35 1.98 -1.62 -0.83 -0.38 ft = Above U = Below -1.15 1.29 2.08 -1.37 * * 0.29 0.06 * -3.06 Ji , .. -1.27 0.89 0.10 -2.19 0.02 -1.75 1.02 1.79 -0.58 »* 0.35 -0.87 -0.38 * * -0.42 -0.71 -0.04 -1.54 -1.92 1.60 » 42.68 x * * 8.07 x 1.60 * -2.00 -1.21 -0.77 control limit control limit ------- o o o V CRD-LV Performance Evaluation: Blind-A, 17-Oct-1995 Uranium (Natural) Lab Res. 1 Res. 2 DM DO DS DT DZ E EB EL EO ER EV EX FF FJ FL FN FU FZ 6E GI GQ GT GZ HI HK HL HP HX I 1C ID J JE JG JN JQ JS JX JY K KE KT KX L LF 25.2 25.7 33.3 24.2 27.7 26.4 24.3 22.4 28.0 25.2 21.0 30.4 27.7 33.3 25.0 27.3 25.6 23.5 27.1 25.2 26.5 20.0 28.5 4 25.3 24.0 32.0 24.2 27.2 27.3 23.4 22.0 34.0 26.3 24.7 30.4 27.6 30.6 27.1 27.6 25.7 23.5 27.0 28.2 26.9 21.0 28.0 Res. 3 24.6 24.1 34.9 23.3 27.2 25.7 24.7 22.7 27.0 27.5 23.4 30.4 26.6 33.4 24.6 27.3 30.0 23.8 27.1 27.1 28.2 20.0 27.1 = No data submitted 10. Insufficient data x = Exper. Sigma 0.38 0.95 1.45 0.52 0.29 0.80 0.67 0.35 3.79 1.15 1.88 0.01 0.61 1.59 1.34 0.17 2.51 0.17 0.06 1.52 0.89 0.58 0.71 Rng anal (R + SR) Average 0.138 0.335 0.571 0.177 0.098 0.315 0.256 0.138 1.720 0.453 0.728 0.000 0.217 0.551 0.492 0.059 0.866 0.059 0.020 0.591 0.335 0.197 0.276 - 25.03 24.60 33.40 23.90 27.37 26.47 24.13 ' 22.37 29.67 26.33 23.03 30.40 27.30 32.43 25.57 27.40 27.10 23.60 27.07 26.83 27.20 20.33 27.87 TAG SYMBOLS Determined to be an outlier 26/30 Normalized deviation (grand-avg) (known) Tag -0.75 -1.00 4.08 -1.40 0.60 0.08 -1.27 -2.29 1.92 0.00 -1.91 2.35 0.56 3.52 -0.44 0.62 0.44 -1.58 0.42 0.29 0.50 -3.46 0.89 IT = Above -1.14 -1.39 3.70 -1.79 0.21 -0.31 -1.66 -2.68 1.54 -0.38 -2.29 1.96 0.17 3.14 -0.83 0.23 0.06 -1.96 0.04 -0.10 0.12 -3.85 0.50 control li = Below control * tr * * * * « * * * * * tr « « * u * * limit limit ------- 27/30 CRD-LV Performance Evaluation: Blind-A, 17-Oct-1995 . ...- ... :x Uranium (Natural) Exper. Rng anal Lab LL LR LT M MA MF MP MQ MV MY N NA NH NJ NK NO NT O OF OS OX OY OZ P PA PB PG PI PM PQ PR PV PW Q QC QJ QP QQ QT QU QW QX QZ RD RF = 0 = Res. 1 22.8 28.1 26.0 27.4 27.0 25.5 27.8 21.3 26.8 30.8 26.7 27.5 24.5 23.8 28.6 25.0 26.9 20.1 14,7 25.7 24.9 Res. 2 25.5 28.7 28.0 25.0 28.0 26.3 25.2 23.2 26.8 29.5 27.1 27.4 25.1 19.2 29.5 25.6 26.9 22.3 15.9 26.4 24.4 Res. 3 X 27.6 27.7 28.0 28.7 29.0 27.1 27.8 23.0 26.5 30.3 27.0 27.8 25.7 22.9 30.2 21.4 26.8 19.0 15,8 26.3 25.3 No data submitted Insufficient data x = Sigma (R 2.41 0.50 1.15 1.88 1.00 0.80 1.50 1.04 0.17 0.66 0.21 0.21 0.60 2.44 0.80 2.27 0.06 1.68 0.67 0.38 0.45 + SR) 0.945 0.197 0.394 0.728 0.394 0.315 0.512 0.374 0.059 0.256 0.079 0.079 0.236 0.906 0.315 0.827 0.020 0.650 0.236 0.138 0.177 Average 25.30 28.17 27.33 27.03 28.00 26.30 26.93 * 22.50 26.70 30.20 26.93 27.57 25.10 21.97 29.43 24.00 26.87 20.47 15,47 26.13 24.87 TAG SYMBOLS Determined to be an outlier Normalized deviation (grand-avg) (known) Tag -0.60 1.06 0.58 0.40 0.96 -0.02 0.35 -2.21 0.21 2.23 0.35 0.71 -0.71 -2.52 1.79 -1.35 0.31 -3.39 -6,27 -0.12 -0.85 IT s Above II = Below * » * *, * * -0.98 0.67 0.19 0.02 0.58 -0.40 * -0.04 V p~ , -2.60 * -0.17 * 1.85 -0.04 * 0.33 -1.10 -2.91 1.40 -1.73 * -0.08 * M -3.77 I). * -6.66 x -0.50 -1.23 * control limit control limit __ , j ------- o o o L_ CRD-LV Performance Evaluation: Blind-A, 17-Oct-1995 28/30 Uranium (Natural) Lab RG RK RP RR RU RV RZ S sc SD SF SI SL SM SN SO SR ss ST sx sz T TD TG TH TI TL TN TQ TS U UA UE UK UN UP UQ uw UY VA VC VG VH = j2i = Res. 1 26.8 13.1 26.4 23.8 23.9 25.2 29.2 26.9 28.1 26.9 28.6 24.9 23.3 29.3 25.6 27.0 20.2 26.1 33.8 25.6 23.1 28.6 24.7 18.0 27.4 28.1 Res. 2 25.5 13.3 26.4 24.2 23.3 27.0 30.6 27.2 28.8 26.8 27.0 27.5 23.0 30.3 25.5 28.9 23.3 26.1 56.8 25.0 23.6 28.7 24.6 20.0 28.3 29.7 Res. 3 25.6 12.9 26.2 * 24.4 24.4 25.1 32.5 27.3 29.8 25.9 26.9 25.4 26.5 30.9 25.4 28.4 20.3 27.7 26.7 26.1 24.3 28.8 26.2 21.8 28.5 30.0 No data submitted Insufficient data x = Exper. Sigma 0.72 0.20 0.12 0.31 0.55 1.07 1.66 0.21 0.85 0.55 0.95 1.38 1.94 0.81 0.10 0.98 1.76 0.92 15.73 0.55 0.60 0.10 0.90 1.90 0.59 1.02 Rng anal (R + SR) Average 0.256 0.079 0.039 0.118 0.217 0.374 0.650 0.079 0.335 0.197 0.335 0.512 0.689 0.315 0.039 0.374 0.610 0.315 10.384 0.217 0.236 0.039 0.315 0.748 0.217 0.374 25.97 13.10 26.33 24.13 23.87 25.77 30.77 27.13 28.90 26.53 27,50 25.93 24.27 30.17 25.50 28.10 21.27 26.63 39.10 25.57 23.67 28.70 25.17 19.93 28.07 29.27 TAG SYMBOLS Determined to be an outlier Normalized deviation (grand-avg) (known) Tag -0.21 -7.64 0.00 -1.27 -1.42 -0.33 2.56 0.46 1.48 0.12 0.67 -0.23 -1.19 2.21 -0.48 1.02 -2.93 0.17 7.37 -0.44 -1.54 1.37 -0.67 -3.69 1.00 1.69 ft = Above JJ = Below -0.60 -8.03 -0.38 -1.66 -1.81 -0.71 2.17 0.08 1.10 -0.27 0.29 -0.62 -1.58 1.83 -0.87 0.64 -3.31 -0.21 6.99 -0.83 -1.92 0.98 -1.06 -4.08 0.62 1.31 control control X * « * * * Ji . X * « Jj. » * , , limit limit ------- 29/30 CRD-LV Performance Evaluation: Blind- A, 17-Oct-1995 Uranium (Natural) Lab Res. 1 Res. 2 VI 27.8 27.3 W VM VO 26.3 27.4 VT W 26.0 25.9. WE WF WO X 28.1 32.4 ^^^^M^^Hi^MI Exper. Res. 3 Sigma 26.9 0.45 26.1 0.70 25.0 0.55 23.6 4.40 ^^^^^MM Rng anal Normalized deviation (R + SR) Average (grand-avg) (known) 0.177 27.33 0.58 0.19 0.256 26.60 0.15 -0.23 0.197 25.63 -0.40 -0.79 2.395 28.03 0.98 0.60 Tag m 9 m i * * ^^^^ Data sorted by Laboratory Average Average Tag 5.03 x 13.10 x 15.47 x 19.93 U 20.33 U 20.47 U 21.27 U 21.70 JJ. 21.97 22.37 22.50 23.03 23.20 23.53 23.60 23.67 23.67 23.87 23.90 23.97 24.00 24.13 24.13 24.27 24.33 24.60 24.63 24.80 24.87 24.90 25.00 25.03 s No data submitted 0 = Insufficient data Lab CO RK QX UP KT QU TD AR PW FN OY HK BB DB JN TS CJ S E BG QJ RZ ER SS CG DT AH AW RD DE A DO Average 25.10 25.17 25.30 25.50 25.50 25.57 25.57 25.63 25.67 25.77 25.77 25.93 25.97 26.00 26.13 26.27 26.30 26.33 26.33 26.33 26.47 26.53 26.60 26.63 26.70 26.83 26.87 26.93 26.93 26.93 27.03 27.03 Tag Lab PV UN NA sz BN TQ ID W DI SC CA SO RG BK QZ C NT RP GQ BO EL SL VO TI P JY QQ PG OS CE NK BC Average Tag 27.07 27.10 27.10 27.13 27.17 27.20 27.30 27.33 27.33 27.37 27.40 27.50 27.50 27.57 27.60 27.87 28.00 28.03 28.07 28.10 28.17 28.53 28.70 28.77 28.90 29.23 29.27 29.43 29.67 29.77 29.77 30.10 Lab JS JE AL SF BA K HP VI NJ EB J SM AK PQ BM L NO X UW T NH AZ U BG SI AE VH Q FZ CX CK BH TAG SYMBOLS ft s Above control limit x = Determined to be an outlier JJ- = Below control limit ------- o CRD-LV Performance Evaluation: Blind-A, 17-Oct-1995 30 /3( Uranium (Natural) Average Tag 30.17 30.20 30.40 ^^^1^^ % responding labs in. - _ _ _ _ -6 % responding labs in. _ _ _ _ _ . .XvS, -6 Data sorted by Laboratory Average Lab Average Tag Lab Average Tag La SX PB HL - - 30.60 AF 33.40 ft D2 30.77 SD 39.10 x TI 32.43 ft I 42.53 x CS Frequency distribution _ .!_-.._ -4 -2 0 +2 +4 +6 Normalized deviation of the mean from the known value Frequency distribution ~" T Ji .__ m.l.linilil-i._H._ -4 -2 ' 6 +2 ' +4 ' +6 Normalized deviation of the mean from the grand average o o s No data submitted 0 s Insufficient data TAG SYMBOLS x = Determined to be an outlier ft s Above control limit Ji s Below control limit ------- |