TABLE 4
CONFIDENCE LIMITS AS A PERCENT OF MEAN CONCENTRATION
BASED ON ASSUMED COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION OF 0.7

NUMESR OF SAMPLES

PROBABLE ERROR

STRATIFICATION

MEAN CONCENTRATION

PER

+ % of

5

63

10

dd

20

31

30

26

20

20

60

18

ho

22.
1h

.

100
200

10

500

6.3

1000

kok

Confidence Limit =

PE, =

2(0.7)
vn

(as a proportion of the mean)

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