Table 2.

Slope, upper and lower 95% CI, R² and the corresponding figure panel for each line created during validations of progesterone and cortisol EIAs using pooled methanol extracts from powdered ringed and bearded seal claw material.

Species	Hormone	Test	Slope	Upper 95% CI	Lower 95% CI	R2	Figure
Ringed	Progesterone	Accuracy	1.04	1.12	0.96	0.994	2A
Ringed	Progesterone	Parallelism (standards)	−22.12	−19.41	−24.83	0.989	2C
Ringed	Progesterone	Parallelism (samples)	−22.96	−19.32	−26.60	0.987	2C
Bearded	Progesterone	Accuracy	0.96	1.01	0.91	0.998	2B
Bearded	Progesterone	Parallelism (standards)	−17.87	−14.93	−20.81	0.983	2D
Bearded	Progesterone	Parallelism (samples)	−19.03	−16.79	−21.27	0.992	2D
Ringed	Cortisol	Accuracy	1.04	1.12	0.97	0.999	3A
Ringed	Cortisol	Parallelism (standards)	−21.57	−18.61	−24.53	0.990	3C
Ringed	Cortisol	Parallelism (samples)	−21.62	−18.38	−24.86	0.993	3C
Bearded	Cortisol	Accuracy	1.05	1.28	0.82	0.976	3B
Bearded	Cortisol	Parallelism (standards)	−21.53	−19.69	−23.36	0.996	3D
Bearded	Cortisol	Parallelism (samples)	−23.17	−21.44	−24.91	0.998	3D