U.S. Code of Federal Regulations
Regulations most recently checked for updates: Dec 09, 2024
(a) Overview. This section contains equations and example calculations for statistics that are specified in this part. In this section we use the letter “y” to denote a generic measured quantity, the superscript over-bar “
(b) Arithmetic mean. Calculate an arithmetic mean, y
(c) Standard deviation. Calculate the standard deviation for a non-biased (e.g., N-1) sample, σ, as follows:
(d) Root mean square. Calculate a root mean square, rms
(e) Accuracy. Determine accuracy as described in this paragraph (e). Make multiple measurements of a standard quantity to create a set of observed values, y
(f) t-test. Determine if your data passes a t-test by using the following equations and tables: (1) For an unpaired t-test, calculate the t statistic and its number of degrees of freedom, v, as follows:
(2) For a paired t-test, calculate the t statistic and its number of degrees of freedom, v, as follows, noting that the ε
(3) Use Table 1 of this section to compare t to the t
Table 1 of § 1065.602—Critical
Confidence | ||
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90% | 95% | |
1 | 6.314 | 12.706 |
2 | 2.920 | 4.303 |
3 | 2.353 | 3.182 |
4 | 2.132 | 2.776 |
5 | 2.015 | 2.571 |
6 | 1.943 | 2.447 |
7 | 1.895 | 2.365 |
8 | 1.860 | 2.306 |
9 | 1.833 | 2.262 |
10 | 1.812 | 2.228 |
11 | 1.796 | 2.201 |
12 | 1.782 | 2.179 |
13 | 1.771 | 2.160 |
14 | 1.761 | 2.145 |
15 | 1.753 | 2.131 |
16 | 1.746 | 2.120 |
18 | 1.734 | 2.101 |
20 | 1.725 | 2.086 |
22 | 1.717 | 2.074 |
24 | 1.711 | 2.064 |
26 | 1.706 | 2.056 |
28 | 1.701 | 2.048 |
30 | 1.697 | 2.042 |
35 | 1.690 | 2.030 |
40 | 1.684 | 2.021 |
50 | 1.676 | 2.009 |
70 | 1.667 | 1.994 |
100 | 1.660 | 1.984 |
1000+ | 1.645 | 1.960 |
(g) F-test. Calculate the F statistic as follows:
(1) For a 90% confidence F-test, use the following table to compare F to the F
(2) For a 95% confidence F-test, use the following table to compare F to the F
(h) Slope. Calculate a least-squares regression slope, a
(1) If the intercept floats, i.e., is not forced through zero:
(2) If the intercept is forced through zero, such as for verifying proportional sampling:
(i) Intercept. For a floating intercept, calculate a least-squares regression intercept, a
(j) Standard error of the estimate. Calculate a standard error of the estimate, SEE, using one of the following two methods:
(1) For a floating intercept:
(2) If the intercept is forced through zero, such as for verifying proportional sampling:
(k) Coefficient of determination. Calculate a coefficient of determination, r
(l) Flow-weighted mean concentration. In some sections of this part, you may need to calculate a flow-weighted mean concentration to determine the applicability of certain provisions. A flow-weighted mean is the mean of a quantity after it is weighted proportional to a corresponding flow rate. For example, if a gas concentration is measured continuously from the raw exhaust of an engine, its flow-weighted mean concentration is the sum of the products of each recorded concentration times its respective exhaust molar flow rate, divided by the sum of the recorded flow rate values. As another example, the bag concentration from a CVS system is the same as the flow-weighted mean concentration because the CVS system itself flow-weights the bag concentration. You might already expect a certain flow-weighted mean concentration of an emission at its standard based on previous testing with similar engines or testing with similar equipment and instruments. If you need to estimate your expected flow-weighted mean concentration of an emission at its standard, we recommend using the following examples as a guide for how to estimate the flow-weighted mean concentration expected at the standard. Note that these examples are not exact and that they contain assumptions that are not always valid. Use good engineering judgment to determine if you can use similar assumptions.
(1) To estimate the flow-weighted mean raw exhaust NO
(i) Based on your engine design, approximate a map of maximum torque versus speed and use it with the applicable normalized duty cycle in the standard-setting part to generate a reference duty cycle as described in § 1065.610. Calculate the total reference work, W
(ii) Based on your engine design, estimate maximum power, P
(iii) Use your estimated values as described in the following example calculation:
(2) To estimate the flow-weighted mean NMHC concentration in a CVS from a naturally aspirated nonroad spark-ignition engine at an NMHC standard of 0.5 g/(kW·hr), you may do the following:
(i) Based on your engine design, approximate a map of maximum torque versus speed and use it with the applicable normalized duty cycle in the standard-setting part to generate a reference duty cycle as described in § 1065.610. Calculate the total reference work, W
(ii) Multiply your CVS total molar flow rate by the time interval of the duty cycle, Δt
(iii) Use your estimated values as described in the following example calculation:
(m) Median. Determine median, M, as described in this paragraph (m). Arrange the data points in the data set in increasing order where the smallest value is ranked 1, the second-smallest value is ranked 2, etc.
(1) For even numbers of data points:
(i) Determine the rank of the data point whose value is used to determine the median as follows:
(ii) Determine the median as the average of the data point i and the data point i + 1 as follows:
Example:
(2) For odd numbers of data points, determine the rank of the data point whose value is the median and the corresponding median value as follows:
Example: