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Conference rusure::math

Title:	Mathematics at DEC

Moderator:	RUSURE::EDP

Created:	Mon Feb 03 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2083
Total number of notes:	14613

1509.0. "queue distribution ?" by RANGER::BRADLEY (Chuck Bradley) Wed Oct 23 1991 19:27

do any of you know anything about the queue distribution?
any references?
my daughter heard the term in a chem class.  it is apparently used
to detect outliers (bad data) in analytical chemistry when an 
experiment is replicated a fairly small number of times.

thanks.

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1509.1 that's Q not queue BUZON::BELDIN_R Pull us together, not apart Thu Oct 24 1991 10:11 11

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1509.1	that's Q not queue	BUZON::BELDIN_R	Pull us together, not apart	`Thu Oct 24 1991 10:11`	11
	I think you mean the Q-distribution, no relationship to the Theory of Queues. It is a modification of the chi-squared distribution for goodness of fit used, not just in chemistry, to test for outliers. It is not very popular any more. The chem professor was just trying to impress the students. Forget it unless s/he (the professor) is the pedantic prima donna type. Even then, just remember s/he thinks it is cute. fwiw, Dick

    I think you mean the Q-distribution, no relationship to the Theory of
    Queues.  It is a modification of the chi-squared distribution for
    goodness of fit used, not just in chemistry, to test for outliers.  It
    is not very popular any more.  The chem professor was just trying to
    impress the students.  Forget it unless s/he (the professor) is the
    pedantic prima donna type.  Even then, just remember s/he thinks it is
    cute.
    
    fwiw,
    
    Dick