TABLE II

Statistical Data for the Nelson RRF Dataset; All Compounds in the Dataset Whose Analytical Response Was Addressed in All Three Methods

ParameterValue for a Certain Method
GC/MSLC/MS-APCILC/MS-ESI
All CompoundsAll Responding CompoundsAll CompoundsAll Responding CompoundsAll CompoundsAll Responding Compounds
na1193109211935641193364
Mean0.5240.5730.3070.6500.2020.663
STDEV0.3510.3260.7530.9890.5490.826
%RSD66.856.9245152272125
Low00.00100.00100.0004
High2.32.316.516.54.9474.947
Median0.5050.53700.398500.337
  • APCI, atmospheric pressure chemical ionization; ESI, electrospray ionization; GC/MS, gas chromatography/mass spectrometry; LC/MS, liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry; RRF, relative response factor; %RSD, percent relative standard deviation; STDEV, standard deviation.

  • a The total number of compounds in this subset of the database is 1193. The difference between this number and the values of n in this table reflect compounds that did not produce a response by the indicated method.