Re: Counting Statistics

[Mike Dempsey <mdempsey@lanl.gov>]

Try "Mathematics Review for Health Physics Technicians" by
Steinmeyer, Durkee & Steinmeyer 1994

ISBN: 0-9630191-1-2
LIC: 94-65908

RSA Publications
A Division of RSA Inc.
19 Pendleton DR
PO Box 107
Herbron CT 06248

For super simple counting stats try a DOE site specific  Lesson plan
"Counting Errors and Statistics"  for RCT initial
Qualification.

Mike Demspey ESH-1 TA-55 LANL

All opinions expressed here are my own.  Especially this one:

Why worry about the WIPP leaking?   In 10,000 years we will all
be living on other planets...




At 06:47 PM 1/14/99 -0600, you wrote:
>
>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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