Quality Control Procedures, Documentation and Interpretation: Basic Terms

Overview of Statistics

  • A good QC program requires documenting control results and observing and assessing that documentation daily.
  • This section is an overview of some of the ways to document and assess QC results.
  • First, we'll cover some basic statistical terms:
    • mean
    • Gaussian (or bell) curve
    • standard deviation

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