Augmented Scope and Didactics for Initiation to the Theory of Sampling (TOS): Three Domains Behind Valid Data Quality
DOI: 10.62178/sst.003.007
Abstract
Professional comprehension and competence of sampling of particulate and aggregate materials, mixtures, and slurries depend on a minimum set of basic concepts, terms and definitions with derived procedures, equipment design, and practical skills as stipulated in the Theory of Sampling (TOS). Valid analytical data quality assurance involves acknowledgement of three interconnected domains along the lot-to-aliquot-to analysis-to-decision making pathway: i) sampling, ii) analysis, and iii) data analysis/modelling/decision making. This fundamental three-fold domain scope presented here for the first time allows establishment of a new axiomatic ‘simplest possible, self-contained’ introduction to representative sampling of heterogeneous materials under delineated conditions (TOS).
Published in Issue 3 · April 2025
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Esbensen, K. H. (2025). Augmented Scope and Didactics for Initiation to the Theory of Sampling (TOS): Three Domains Behind Valid Data Quality. Sampling Science & Technology, April 2025(3), 55-67. https://doi.org/10.62178/sst.003.007
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