Statistics Meeting Book (March 22, 2017)

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Draft meeting agenda is subject to change without notice
AOAC INTERNATIONAL
COMMITTEE ON STATISTICS
Draft Meeting Agenda
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Meeting Start Time: 11:00AM (Eastern US)
Chair: Sidney Sudberg
(Alkemists Pharmaceuticals)
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(Need member to volunteer to take the minutes)
I. WELCOME & INTRODUCTION (Sudberg – 11:00AM‐11:10AM) *
Sidney Sudberg will call the meeting to order, welcome and introduce the members of Statistics
Committee. Members will review the AOAC policy documents and vote on the draft meeting agenda.
II. REVIEW OF MEETING MINUTES (All – 11:10AM-11:15AM)*
The members of the Statistics Committee will review and vote on the February 22, 2017 meeting
minutes.
III. CURRENT METHOD CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROJECTS
(Wehling/LaBudde/Sudberg/Thompson/Graves – 11:15AM-11:35AM)
(Progress updates)
a. Statistics for Microbiology methods validation (discuss internal validation plan)-Paul Wehling
& Robert LaBudde (Leads)
Volunteers:
1. Caryn Thompson
2. Qian Graves
3. Jane Weitzel
4. Mike Zapf
5. Hilde Skår Norli
6. Sidney Sudberg
b. Changes to Appendix J-Paul Wehling & Robert LaBudde (Leads)
1. Quantitative methods need changes (performed during validation?)
i. Candidate minus Reference
ii. New method of calculating the CI for the paired DPod
iii. Use of Z (n) vs. t (n-1)
iv. Removal of reference to Welch/Satterthwaite t-test?
c. Chi-Square Test Calculator-All
1. To be handled with Appendix J changes
d. Revising the Statistics Committee’s Terms of Reference (ToR)
1. Latest version to be distributed by Staff
i. To be distributed to members of the Committee this March
a. Due to Mid-Year meeting, this has been delayed & we will pick up where
we left off.
b. There may be one addition, regarding a suggestion by Robert
i. Request for AOAC CSO to be a non-voting Ex Officio member