Bootstrap
Estimating a confidence interval by resampling the observed data. Useful where a supplier cell is too small for a parametric interval.
Related terms
- Confidence interval
- A range that would contain the true value in a stated proportion of repeated samples. Wide intervals on small cells are the honest presentation.
see also n=
Where this term appears
The glossary exists to make record pages readable without a chemistry degree. Every technical term on a report resolves here.
- Assay report records — the term appears in result tables, peak tables and provenance blocks
- Method references — where the measurement behind the term is defined
- All 11 glossary terms beginning with B