ASTM E1847-96(2013)
Standard Practice for Statistical Analysis of Toxicity Tests Conducted Under ASTM Guidelines

Standard No.

ASTM E1847-96(2013)

Release Date

1996

Published By

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

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ASTM E1847-96(2013)

Scope

4.1 The use of statistical analysis will enable the investigator to make better, more informed decisions when using the information derived from the analyses.

4.1.1 The goals when performing statistical analyses, are to summarize, display, quantify, and provide objective measures for assessing the relationships and anomalies in data. Statistical analyses also involve fitting a model to the data and making inferences from the model. The type of data dictates the type of model to be used. Statistical analysis provides the means to test differences between control and treatment groups (one form of hypothesis testing), as well as the means to describe the relationship between the level of treatment and the measured responses (concentration effect curves), or to quantify the degree of uncertainty in the end-point estimates derived from the data.

4.1.2 The goals of this practice are to identify and describe commonly used statistical procedures for toxicity tests. Fig. 1, Section 6, following statistical methods (Section 5), presents a flow chart and some recommended analysis paths, with references. From this guideline, it is recommended that each investigator develop a statistical analysis protocol specific to his test results. The flow chart, along with the rest of this guideline, may provide both useful direction, and service as a quality assurance tool, to help ensure that important steps in the analysis are not overlooked.

FIG. 1 8199;Flow Chart for Practice for Statistical Analysis

FIG. 1 8199;Flow Chart for Practice for Statistical Analysis (continued)

FIG. 1 8199;Flow Chart for Practice for Statistical Analysis (continued)

FIG. 1 8199;Flow Chart for Practice for Statistical Analysis (continued)

1.1 This practice covers guidance for the statistical analysis of laboratory data on the toxicity of chemicals or mixtures of chemicals to aquatic or terrestrial plants and animals. This practice applies only to the analysis of the data, after the test has been completed. All design concerns, such as the statement of the null hypothesis and its alternative, the choice of alpha and beta risks, the identificat......

ASTM E1847-96(2013) Referenced Document

• ASTM E1241 Standard Guide for Conducting Early Life-Stage Toxicity Tests with Fishes*， 2004-04-01 Update
• ASTM E1325 Standard Terminology Relating to Design of Experiments
• ASTM E178 Standard Practice for Dealing With Outlying Observations
• ASTM E456 Standard Terminology for Relating to Quality and Statistics
• IEEE/ASTM SI 10 American National Standard for Metric Practice

ASTM E1847-96(2013) history

• 1996 ASTM E1847-96(2013) Standard Practice for Statistical Analysis of Toxicity Tests Conducted Under ASTM Guidelines
• 1996 ASTM E1847-96(2008) Standard Practice for Statistical Analysis of Toxicity Tests Conducted Under ASTM Guidelines
• 1996 ASTM E1847-96(2003) Standard Practice for Statistical Analysis of Toxicity Tests Conducted Under ASTM Guidelines
• 1996 ASTM E1847-96 Standard Practice for Statistical Analysis of Toxicity Tests Conducted Under ASTM Guidelines