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. 2019 Apr 2;191(5):259. doi: 10.1007/s10661-019-7374-7

Table 2.

Measurement uncertainty calculation results

Calculation interval Number of replicate series in 0–5-FNU range Reproducibility within-laboratory uRw (FNU) Method and laboratory bias ub (FNU) Expanded measurement uncertainty for the 0–5-FNU range expressed in FNU (k = 2) Number of replicate series in 5–40-FNU range Reproducibility within-laboratory uRw% (%) Method and laboratory bias ub (%) Expanded measurement uncertainty for the 5–40-FNU range expressed in % (k = 2)
1-week calculation intervals
  23 Jan–30 Jan 2018 48 0.22 0.34 0.81 103 7.4 6.7 19.9
  30 Jan–6 Feb 2018 50 0.57 0.15 1.18 111 6.2 11.7 26.4
  6 Feb–13 Feb 2018 23 0.41 0.088 0.83 138 5.0 2.7 11.2
  13 Feb–22 Feb 2018 143 0.79 0.16 1.62 52 5.2 2.9 11.9
2-week calculation intervals
  23 Jan–7 Feb 2018 104 0.49 0.15 1.02 230 8.1 7.9 22.5
  7 Feb–22 Feb 2018 160 0.65 0.13 1.33 174 5.1 2.6 11.3
1-month calculation interval
  23 Jan–22 Feb 2018 264 0.57 0.12 1.2 404 7.9 4.9 18.6