amc technical briefs
The following AMC technical briefs, recommendations and background papers have been identified by the FAPAS Advisory Committee as of possible interest to laboratories participating in proficiency testing. They are edited by the Analytical Methods Committee of the Royal Society of Chemistry. The AMC handles matters that are of technical importance to the Analytical Division of the RSC and the analytical community in general.
- General and specific fitness functions for proficiency tests and other purposes—clarifying an old idea
- Test for ‘sufficient homogeneity’ in a reference material
- What is proficiency testing? Guide for end-users of chemical data
- Understanding and acting on scores obtained in proficiency testing schemes
- GMO Proficiency testing: Interpreting z-scores derived from log-transformed data
- Proficiency testing: assessing z-scores in the longer term
