Table III

Results for Repeatability and Intermediate Precision

MicroorganismB. subtilisS. aureusA. brasiliensisP. aeruginosaC. albicansE. coli
Variance Components
Growth Direct
Repeatability Variance55.08352.34254.51727.52552.13361.150
Operator Variance0.00015.709123.5620.0000.0000.003
Total Variance55.08368.051178.07927.52552.13361.153
%Operator/Total02369000
Plate Count
Repeatability Variance76.75675.49672.76453.73964.90134.617
Operator Variance6.98053.3427.74814.80227.6361.739
Total Variance83.736128.83880.51268.54192.53736.356
%Operator/Total8411022305
Precision Estimates
Growth Direct
Mean57.9256.1359.5036.7149.4249.25
Repeatability Std Dev7.427.237.385.257.227.82
Intermediate Std Dev7.428.2513.345.257.227.82
Repeatability CV (%)12.812.912.414.314.615.9
Ratio Variance/Mean0.950.930.920.751.051.24
Plate Count
Mean54.6453.2757.9338.6350.6249.14
Repeatability Std Dev8.768.698.537.338.065.88
Intermediate Std Dev9.1511.358.978.289.626.03
Repeatability CV (%)16.016.314.719.015.912.0
Ratio Variance/Mean1.401.421.261.391.280.70
Variance Ratios
PP/GD1.391.441.331.951.24
GD/PP1.77
F-test P-value0.2320.2100.2620.0720.3140.106