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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Work Expo Health. 2017 Aug 1;61(7):773–783. doi: 10.1093/annweh/wxx046

Table 2.

Model posterior statistics for TVOC for selected cleaning and disinfecting tasks

# Task means (α) Task SDs (σe)


Mean Std Med 2.5% 97.5% Med 2.5% 97.5%
Buff floor 135 4.78 0.15 4.78 4.50 5.06 0.559 0.475 0.656
Clean bathroom 187 4.77 0.14 4.77 4.51 5.05 0.338 0.283 0.405
Cleaning 1022 4.74 0.13 4.74 4.48 5.01 0.621 0.588 0.660
Clean spill 69 4.52 0.21 4.53 4.12 4.93 1.000 0.806 1.273
Clean window 48 4.72 0.16 4.73 4.40 5.02 0.318 0.241 0.434
Disinfect machine 22 5.01 0.25 5.01 4.53 5.50 0.723 0.515 1.072
Floor strip 32 4.66 0.25 4.66 4.16 5.14 0.944 0.727 1.337
Hand wash 38 4.76 0.14 4.75 4.49 5.04 0.084 0.049 0.200
Mix product 33 4.77 0.17 4.78 4.43 5.11 0.349 0.214 0.578
Mop floor 599 4.72 0.13 4.72 4.47 4.98 0.575 0.536 0.620
Pour/mix product 77 4.79 0.14 4.79 4.52 5.08 0.317 0.249 0.407
Scope clean 51 4.68 0.28 4.67 4.12 5.24 0.961 0.752 1.293
Sterilize disinfect 172 4.77 0.15 4.77 4.49 5.06 0.814 0.718 0.933
Sweep/vacuum/dust 152 4.70 0.14 4.69 4.42 4.98 0.455 0.379 0.554
Wash equipment 220 4.70 0.15 4.70 4.42 4.99 0.285 0.249 0.327
Wipe with alcohol 19 4.29 0.26 4.28 3.77 4.82 0.877 0.650 1.246
Spline SD (σζ) 1.68 1.65 1.72
Random effect SD (σa) 0.82 0.67 1.03

All coefficients represent statistics for natural log-transformed concentrations