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ZAMBIA NATIONAL LABORATORY ASSOCIATION (ZNLA) 2019

STATISTICAL METHOD VALIDATION

Day Topic of discussion/contents Presenter (s)

1. a) Introduction/Course Expectations Mr. R Kamekela


b) Introduction To Validation Of Methods
Importance of analyses
Quality Control and Quality Assurance
Quality Control
Quality Assurance
The Need for a quality system
Quality systems
Why Validation?
c) Introduction To Terminology
Validation
Testing
Calibration
Verification
Qualification
Method Validation
Fitness for Purpose
The need for a statistical tool in validation of methods
Control Charts
Flowcharts
d) Test 1

2. Basic Statistical Tools For Validation Of Methods Mr. H Manda


Sampling
Tabulation and Graphical Representation
Frequency Distribution
Cumulative Distributions
 Normal Distribution
 Uniform or Rectangular distribution
 Triangular Distribution
 Other distributions
Descriptive Measures of Location or Central Tendency
 The Arithmetic Mean
 Weighted arithmetic mean
 The Median
 The Mean and Median for Grouped Data
Measures of Spread
 Variance and Standard Deviation
 Interpretation of the Standard Deviation
 The Normal Distribution and Standard Deviation
 Relative Measure of Spread
Rejection of a result
 The Q Test
 The Grubbs test for rejection of data
Test 2
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3. Basic Statistical Tools For Validation Of Methods…Continued Mr. H Manda


Tests of significance
 The F test
 The t Test
 The paired t Test
 The t Test with multiple samples
 ANOVA the analysis of variance between groups
Test 3

4. a) Basic Statistical Tools For Validation Of Methods…Continued


Mr. H Manda
Simple Linear Regression and Correlation (Morning Session)
 Bivariate Data
 Regression Analysis
 Scatter Diagrams
 Plotting data for a straight line
 Calculating the Correlation Coefficient and its meaning
b) Validation Of Analytical Methods Mr. R Kamekela
Validation (Afternoon session)
Method Validation
 Precision
 Repeatability Precision
 Intermediate Precision
 Reproducibility
The Trueness
Recovery
Specificity
Limit of detection LOD
Limit of quantitation LOQ
Linearity
Ruggedness
Robustness
c) Getting Started
What can be validated?
 Laboratories
 Laboratory quality assurance and control
 Instrumentation
 Staff - Motivation
 Staff - Poor performance
 Reagents and their purity
 Sampling
When should methods be validated?
Steps in Method Validation
Test 4
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5. a) Uncertainty Of Measurement Mr. R Kamekela /


 Definition of Measurement Uncertainty Mr. H Manda
 Expression of Measurement Uncertainty
 17025:2017 & 15189:2012 Requirements
 Use in selection of methods
 Use in reporting
 Statistics, Units and Calculations
 Standard deviation
 Transformation of non-normal data
 Harmonisation of scales & units
 Approaches to Estimation of Measurement Uncertainty
 Metrological approach
 Single Within-Laboratory Approach
 Qualitative Results
 Guidance Documents
 Examples in determining uncertainty
 Correct rounding of digits

b) Examination (3 Hours) 26/07/2019 (13:30 – 16:30hours)

c) Closure of training (ZNLA Representative)

Notes:

08:30 – 10:30 Lecture


10:30 – 10:50 Tea Break
10:50 – 12:50 Lecture
12:50 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 – 15:30 Lecture
15:50 – 16:50 Test (Day 5 will not have a test but exam)

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