Reply to the remarks of B. Ya. Yufa on the article “ On the methodology of accounting for systematic error in determining the most reliable content of components in ores”.
Abstract
The main discrepancy in the views of the author and B. Ya. Yufa consists in a different approach to check analyses. The author considers basic and check analyses as observations of unequal precision; B. Ya. Yufa believes that there should be no systematic errors in check analyses. The conclusion about the magnitude of systematic error is usually made on a limited batch of samples, and the magnitude of systematic error is essentially random, since it depends on the sample volume, sampling method, time of production of analyses, etc. In other words, while recognizing the absence of systematic error in check analyses (a controversial position, by the way), we must also recognize that the true magnitude of the systematic error of the main analyses compared to the check analyses cannot be determined ...
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