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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 9.
Published in final edited form as: Aerosol Sci Technol. 2011 Sep;45(9):1090–1108. doi: 10.1080/02786826.2011.581256

TABLE 8.

Validation and cross validation of global and site-specific models

Validation method
Leave one out cross validation
50% sample and 50% control
dataset
Site
number
Observed Predicted Global model Site-specific
model
Global model Site-specific
model
PM2.5
  3 15.692 ± 1.070(297) 7.161 ± 1.141(296) 7.140 ± 1.141
(296; 3.616)
16.098 ± 1.074
(296; 1.842)
7.605 ± 1.190
(148; 3.251)
17.151 ± 1.092
(148; 1.777)
  7 8.743 ± 1.095(250) 8.336 ± 1.117(249) 8.332 ± 1.117
(249; 2.172)
8.993 ± 1.108
(249; 2.102)
7.926 ± 1.178
(116; 2.100)
8.383 ± 1.181
(116; 2.132)
  17 10.879 ± 1.088(405) 10.984 ± 1.086(406) 10.984 ± 1.087
(406; 2.342)
10.772 ± 1.099
(406; 2.493)
10.260 ± 1.129
(226; 2.424)
9.500 ± 1.144
(226; 2.585)
  20 6.082 ± 1.097(545) 10.090 ± 1.080(545) 10.098 ± 1.080
(545; 2.960)
6.593 ± 1.113
(545; 3.102)
9.102 ± 1.119
(283; 2.910)
5.319 ± 1.166
(283; 3.178)
  60 12.791 ± 1.107(218) 21.129 ± 1.085(222) 21.163 ± 1.085
(222; 2.399)
12.971 ± 1.147
(222; 2.598)
22.230 ± 1.122
(114; 2.360)
14.614 ± 1.218
(114; 2.702)
  All sites 9.528 ± 1.046(1715) 10.385 ± 1.047(1718) 10.384 ± 1.047
(1718; 2.741)
9.858 ± 1.052
(1718; 2.535)
10.031 ± 1.067
(887; 2.668)
9.060 ± 1.079
(887; 2.601)
PM10
  14 18.144 ± 1.075(254) 19.449 ± 1.119(254) 19.433 ± 1.120
(254; 2.231)
18.127 ± 1.113
(254; 2.128)
21.145 ± 1.198
(119; 2.484)
20.561 ± 1.168
(119; 2.183)
  17 20.474 ± 1.072(286) 17.746 ± 1.097(286) 17.730 ± 1.097
(286; 1.990)
20.218 ± 1.107
(286; 2.055)
18.148 ± 1.171
(132; 2.220)
21.561 ± 1.207
(132; 2.508)
  60 25.831 ± 1.064(387) 27.439 ± 1.061(388) 27.446 ± 1.061
(388; 1.969)
26.059 ± 1.074
(388; 2.102)
28.179 ± 1.098
(174; 2.031)
25.299 ± 1.133
(174; 2.344)
  All sites 21.789 ± 1.041(930) 21.834 ± 1.051(931) 21.826 ± 1.052
(931; 2.048)
21.819 ± 1.055
(928; 2.095)
22.671 ± 1.085
(426; 2.217)
22.688 ± 1.093
(426; 2.348)

Note: PM concentration ± 95% CI (µg/m3).In parentheses (number of data points used; RMSE).