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Table of Values of Most Probable Numbers: Ten Tubes, Three Dilutions
Author(s) -
Brahms Gilbert L.,
Gan David C.,
Danielson Richard E.,
Tamplin Benjamin R.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1993.tb06107.x
Subject(s) - serial dilution , table (database) , mathematics , dilution , confidence interval , tube (container) , arithmetic , statistics , physics , computer science , engineering , database , thermodynamics , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , mechanical engineering
A 10‐tube per 10‐fold dilution most‐probable‐number (MPN) table, generated by a computer program, was calculated using Hoskins's formula. The 10‐tube table provides more definitive MPN values and narrower confidence intervals than the commonly used five‐tube per 10‐fold dilution MPN table.