Re: Counting Statistics

[Christopher_Wend@bedison.com]

     Tim,
     
     Consider looking at a recently published (June 1998) NUREG:
     
     NUREG-1507, "Minimum Detectable Concentrations With Typical Radiation 
     Survey Instruments for Various Contaminants and Field Conditions".
     
     Chapter 3 is a quick review of fundamental MDC consepts and compares 
     several of the various MDC (or LLD, etc. - take your pick) expressions 
     in circulation. This document doesn't address derivations or provide 
     detailed exqamples. However if you want a "quick and dirty" snapshot 
     of detection statistics - it's worth looking at. Besides, it's the 
     NRC's latest "shot" at this issue.
     
     There was a training document entitled "Measurements and Statistics" 
     written by Stephen LaVie of NUS Corporation that was in widespread 
     circualtion in the power reactor community a number of years ago. It 
     was a reasonably thorough, yet easy to understand general review of 
     counting statistics. If somebody could scare this up for you - I think 
     it would help.
     
     
     My opinion only,
     
     Chris Wend
     Sr. Rad Engineer
     (508) 830-8158
     christopher_wend@bedison.com
     OR
     magnum8@banet.net


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Subject: Counting Statistics
Author:  Timothy.L.Popp@am.pnu.com at Internet
Date:    1/14/99 6:47 PM


     
Could anyone recommend a good, plain language, reference on counting statistics?
Every time something about counting statistics comes up, I pull several of my 
references off the shelf and end up spending more time trying to figure out if 
they are all defining and calculating the same thing.  LLD, MDA, decision level,
critical level, ... I don't care what terms they use.  I'd just like a "Counting
Statistics for Dummies" book that would be a useful reference to me and, at the 
same time, useful in explaining the concepts to someone unfamiliar with the 
material.
     
Tim Popp
Health Physics Scientist
Pharmacia & Upjohn
timothy.l.popp@am.pnu.com
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