Statistical Analysis of a Database of GC Response Factors Reported by Jordi et al. (12)a
| Item | Value per Detection Method | |
|---|---|---|
| GC-FID | GC-MS | |
| No.b | 128 | 128 |
| Mean | 1.0c | 1.0c |
| Standard Deviation | 0.52 | 0.54 |
| % RSD | 52% | 54% |
↵a Abbreviations: GC, gas chromatography; GC-FID, gas chromatography with flame-ionization detection; GC-MS, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; RSD, relative standard deviation.
↵b The total number of analytes investigated in this article was 217. Thus, mutliple analytes produced no response in one or more of the detection methods.
↵c The response factors for the individual analytes were divided by the mean response factor for the entire database, thus producing a mean of 1.0.