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International Collaborative Study: Structuring and Sample Preparation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

G T Cook ,
D D Harkness ,
B F Miller ,
E M Scott ,
M S Baxter  and
T C Aitchison
G T Cook
Affiliation:
Scottish Universities Research & Reactor Centre, East Kilbride, Glasgow G75 0QU, Scotland
D D Harkness
Affiliation:
NERC Radiocarbon Laboratory, East Kilbride, Glasgow G75 0QU, Scotland
B F Miller
Affiliation:
NERC Radiocarbon Laboratory, East Kilbride, Glasgow G75 0QU, Scotland
E M Scott
Affiliation:
Statistics Department, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QW, Scotland
M S Baxter
Affiliation:
Scottish Universities Research & Reactor Centre, East Kilbride, Glasgow G75 0QU, Scotland
T C Aitchison
Affiliation:
Statistics Department, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QW, Scotland
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Abstract

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The success of any intercomparison exercise depends largely on participation and cooperation of a sufficient number of laboratories and the selection of a suitable suite of samples. Unless the latter is satisfactorily devised, the former cannot be guaranteed. The hierarchical nature of this study has necessarily resulted in a far more comprehensive set of sample types than has previously been employed. The exercise was structured to satisfy the following criteria: 1) to enable the participating laboratories to assess the experimental precision and accuracy of the component stages of the dating process; 2) samples should be typical of those routinely dated by the laboratories. This takes on a particular significance in Stage 1 where they should resemble as closely as possible the counting medium; 3) an objective statistical analysis of the results at each component stage of the study.

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Type
Session I
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 32 , Issue 3: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Intercomparison of Radiocarbon Laboratories , 1990 , pp. 267 - 270
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Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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