A statistical comparison of survival and replacement analyses for the use of censored data in a contaminant air database : a case study from the Canadian arctic.

• Published in: Atmospheric Environment
• Main Authors: Eastoe, Emma F., Halsall, Crispin J., Heffernan, Janet E., Hung, Hayley
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Arctic; Meier
• Online Access: https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/26849/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.05.073

The data sets of four semi-volatile organic compounds (phenanthrene, PCB-28, p,p′-DDE and α-endosulfan) from a multi-year Canadian Arctic air monitoring programme were examined to test the effect of both including and removing censored data (i.e. data that fall below analytical detection limits) on...