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Version 2.0 Visual Sample Plan (VSP): Models and Code Verification.

DE200215001019

Publication Date	2002
Personal Author	Gilbert, R. O.; Wilson, J. E.; O'Brien, R. F.; Carlson, D. K.; Bates, D. J.; Pulsipher, B. A.; McKinstry, C. A.
Page Count	112
Abstract	Visual Sample Plan (VSP) is a software tool under development at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) with support from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). VSP is used to select the right number and location of environmental samples in order to achieve various sampling objectives with required performance. Version 2.0 of VSP provides formulas and statistical algorithms to compute the number of samples needed for specific statistical tests, estimations, an, evaluations appropriate for the following environmental sampling goals: comparing an average or proportion to a fixed threshold value; comparing an average or proportion to a reference area average or proportion; constructing a confidence interval on a mean; estimating a mean or a proportion within specified cost and variance; constraints; locating a hot spot; and finding a UXO target area (not yet peer-reviewed).
Keywords	Computer software Information management Environmental sample Computer programs Verification Computer codes Performance
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Pacific Northwest National Lab., Richland, WA.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200311

Version 2.0 Visual Sample Plan (VSP): Models and Code Verification.

Version 2.0 Visual Sample Plan (VSP): Models and Code Verification.
DE200215001019

Publication Date	2002
Personal Author	Gilbert, R. O.; Wilson, J. E.; O'Brien, R. F.; Carlson, D. K.; Bates, D. J.; Pulsipher, B. A.; McKinstry, C. A.
Page Count	112
Abstract	Visual Sample Plan (VSP) is a software tool under development at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) with support from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). VSP is used to select the right number and location of environmental samples in order to achieve various sampling objectives with required performance. Version 2.0 of VSP provides formulas and statistical algorithms to compute the number of samples needed for specific statistical tests, estimations, an, evaluations appropriate for the following environmental sampling goals: comparing an average or proportion to a fixed threshold value; comparing an average or proportion to a reference area average or proportion; constructing a confidence interval on a mean; estimating a mean or a proportion within specified cost and variance; constraints; locating a hot spot; and finding a UXO target area (not yet peer-reviewed).
Keywords	Computer software Information management Environmental sample Computer programs Verification Computer codes Performance
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Pacific Northwest National Lab., Richland, WA.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200311