Procedure for statistical analysis of one-parameter discrepant experimental data.

JSC Energy & Industry Analytica, 38 A/1 2-ya Khutorskaya St., Moscow 127287, Russia. badikov@energyanalytica.ru

Applied radiation and isotopes : including data, instrumentation and methods for use in agriculture, industry and medicine 2012 Sep

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A new, Mandel-Paule-type procedure for statistical processing of one-parameter discrepant experimental data is described. The procedure enables one to estimate a contribution of unrecognized experimental errors into the total experimental uncertainty as well as to include it in analysis. A definition of discrepant experimental data for an arbitrary number of measurements is introduced as an accompanying result. In the case of negligible unrecognized experimental errors, the procedure simply reduces to the calculation of the weighted average and its internal uncertainty. The procedure was applied to the statistical analysis of half-life experimental data; Mean half-lives for 20 actinides were calculated and results were compared to the ENSDF and DDEP evaluations. On the whole, the calculated half-lives are consistent with the ENSDF and DDEP evaluations. However, the uncertainties calculated in this work essentially exceed the ENSDF and DDEP evaluations for discrepant experimental data. This effect can be explained by adequately taking into account unrecognized experimental errors. Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Sergey A Badikov, Valery P Chechev. Procedure for statistical analysis of one-parameter discrepant experimental data. Applied radiation and isotopes : including data, instrumentation and methods for use in agriculture, industry and medicine. 2012 Sep;70(9):1850-2