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Numbers should reflect the precision of the instrumentation [Bioanalytics]

posted by Helmut – Vienna, Austria, 2014-09-28 21:34 (3892 d 09:11 ago) – Posting: # 13607
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Hi everyone,

just discovered a goodie in the “Instructions for Authors” of The AAPS Journal and AAPS PharmSciTech:

Numbers should be reported to reflect the precision of the instrumentation utilized. Calculated numbers, such as means and standard deviations, should be expressed to no more than 1 significant digit beyond the precision of the instrument. Normally, data reported to more than 3 significant figures should be justified. The precision of the variability (e.g., standard deviation) should not exceed that of the reported mean value.

I like that very much!

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