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Quantifying Operator Subjectivity within Flow Cytometry Data Analysis as a Source of Measurement Uncertainty and the Impact of Experience on Results
Rebecca Grant, Karen Coopman, Nicholas Medcalf, Sandro Silva-Gomes, Jonathan J. Campbell, Bo Kara, Julian Braybrook and Jon Petzing
PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology January 2021, 75 (1) 33-47; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5731/pdajpst.2019.011213
Rebecca Grant
1Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, United Kingdom;
Karen Coopman
2Chemical Engineering, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, United Kingdom;
Nicholas Medcalf
1Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, United Kingdom;
Sandro Silva-Gomes
3GlaxoSmithKline, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, United Kingdom; and
Jonathan J. Campbell
4LGC, Queen’s Road, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 0LY, United Kingdom
Bo Kara
3GlaxoSmithKline, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, United Kingdom; and
Julian Braybrook
4LGC, Queen’s Road, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 0LY, United Kingdom
Jon Petzing
1Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, United Kingdom;

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PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology
Vol. 75, Issue 1
January/February 2021
Quantifying Operator Subjectivity within Flow Cytometry Data Analysis as a Source of Measurement Uncertainty and the Impact of Experience on Results
Rebecca Grant, Karen Coopman, Nicholas Medcalf, Sandro Silva-Gomes, Jonathan J. Campbell, Bo Kara, Julian Braybrook, Jon Petzing
PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology Jan 2021, 75 (1) 33-47; DOI: 10.5731/pdajpst.2019.011213
Quantifying Operator Subjectivity within Flow Cytometry Data Analysis as a Source of Measurement Uncertainty and the Impact of Experience on Results
Rebecca Grant, Karen Coopman, Nicholas Medcalf, Sandro Silva-Gomes, Jonathan J. Campbell, Bo Kara, Julian Braybrook, Jon Petzing
PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology Jan 2021, 75 (1) 33-47; DOI: 10.5731/pdajpst.2019.011213
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