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Sampling errors in the determination of bacterial or virus density by the dilution method

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

J. B. S. Haldane
J. B. S. Haldane
Affiliation:
Department of Biometry, University College, London
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The statistical theory of virus determination by the dilution method is considered. It is shown that an algebraical method gives a solution which is rather more reliable than that given by the graphical method, and whose standard error may be calculated.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 39 , Issue 3 , May 1939 , pp. 289 - 293
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1939

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