Statistics Meeting Book (May 15, 2019)

b. Email to be sent to Executive Director & the Deputy Executive Director to have the Board of Directors to review the TOR, so the Committee on Statistics can keep up with the workload.

IV. OTHER PROJECTS & DISCUSSIONS (All – 11:05AM‐11:20AM) (Other projects and discussions) a. Glossary of Terms & Definitions to be discussed 1. Repeatability: Please see Documents/Links found in Meeting Notebook a. JCGM 200:2008(E) defined in section 2.20 b. CCMAS: The Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling_July 2009 c. ISO 5725-1 d. USP e. ICH f. Analytical Methods Committee, Royal Society of Chemistry g. Eurachem 2. Intermediate Precision (RSDi) 3. False Positive/False Negative Rates/Sensitivity vs. Probability of Detection (POD) 4. Linearity 5. Clarification on Number of Calibration Points 6. LOD/LOQ b. Waiting for guidance from OMB on what is needed, or we just start the process? Discussions and action items: ToR: Sidney will write up a letter, encourage the top management to take actions and move forward on this, since we have space(s) accepting new members, we can start the recruiting, and Delia will follow through on this.

Discussions and Action items: Robert suggested to add an item on the future meeting agenda: Manuscript reviews: Status of current reviews.

V. NEW BUSINESS (All – 11:20AM‐11:25AM) a. Scientific Sessions at Annual Meeting, Tuesday, September 10, 2019 @ 3:00 – 4:30pm (MT):

1. Update on the systematic review and meta-analysis of quantitative chemical collaborative studies published in J. AOAC from 200 – 2018 based on the logarithmic metamer pC 2. Equivalency of DNA sequencing, HPTLC Chromatographic Analysis and Botanical Microscopy Methodologies for Botanical Identity: A Statistical Evaluation 3. Cannabis Proficiency Testing as a model for Collaborative Studies 4. Methodical Approach to the Statistical Analysis of a Published Collaborative Study 5. Why Confidence Intervals? 6. Application of the Lifecycle Approach