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. 2023 May 23;9(6):e16127. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16127

Table 3.

Summary of Wilcoxon signed-rank test results.

Dust material Test statistics
N Z P
Quartz diorite Respirable gravimetricb– Respirable personal gravimetrica 8 −2.52 0.01
Respirable DustTrak DRXb– Respirable personal gravimetrica 23 −4.20 <0.01
PM2.5 DustTrak DRXb – PM2.5 Gravimetricb 23 −1.58 0.11
Total dust DustTrak DRXb – Total dust Gravimetricb 23 −3.82 <0.01
Respirable DustTrak DRXb – Respirable Gravimetricb 8 −2.59 0.01
Thoracic Gravimetricb – PM10 DustTrak DRXb 23 −4.20 <0.01


Rhomb porphyry
Respirable gravimetricb– Respirable personal gravimetrica 11 −2.93 0.00
Respirable DustTrak DRXb– Respirable personal gravimetrica 23 −4.20 <0.01
PM2.5 DustTrak DRXb – PM2.5 Gravimetricb 23 −1.83 0.07
Total dust DustTrak DRXb – Total dust Gravimetricb 23 −4.02 <0.01
Respirable DustTrak DRXb – Respirable Gravimetricb 11 −2.97 0.00
Thoracic Gravimetricb – PM10 DustTrak DRXb 23 −2.92 <0.01


Lactose
Respirable gravimetricb– Respirable personal gravimetrica 4 −1.83 0.07
Respirable DustTrak DRXb– Respirable personal gravimetrica 24 −4.29 <0.01
PM2.5 DustTrak DRXb – PM2.5 Gravimetricb 24 −0.32 0.75
Total dust DustTrak DRXb – Total dust Gravimetricb 24 −4.29 <0.01
Respirable DustTrak DRXb – Respirable Gravimetricb 4 −1.86 0.06
Thoracic Gravimetricb – PM10 DustTrak DRXb 23 −3.41 0.00
a

Personal sample.

b

Stationary sample. Bold p-values indicate insignificant differences between samples.