Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods

The Korean Statistical Society (한국통계학회)
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Latent Variable Fit to Interlaboratory Studies

  • Published : 2000.12.01
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Abstract

The use of an unweighted mean and of separate tests is part of the current practice for analyzing interlaboratory studies, and we hope to improve on this method. We fit, using maximum likelihood(ML), a rather intricate, multi-parameter measurement model with the material's true value as a latent variable in a situation where quite serviceable regression and ANOVA calculations have already been developed. The model fit leads to both a weighted estimate of he overall mean, and to tests for equality of means, slopes and variances. Maximum likelihood tests for difference among variances poses a challenge in that the likelihood can easily becoem unbounded. Thus the major objective become to provide a useful test of variance equality.

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