Chemia Analityczna Volume 46, Number 1
(January - February 2001)

The Comparison of Straight Lines Determined Using the Least Squares Method

by Cezary Rozycki

Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Mechanics and Petrochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, 17 Lukasiewicza Str., 09-400 Plock, Poland


Key words:  chemometry, straight line, statistical analysis of data

Two statistical methods of comparing several (k > 2) straight lines (after Sebera or Hald) were described. Based on simulated data the usefulness of these methods for testing the equality of regression equations were compared. The method describes by Hald easier detects the line significantly different for the others. Two examples of calculations for different cases are given.



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