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When data based on the signal method were analyzed, s 0 was very small (lowest percentile of the s d values).
For each completed week of gestation, we divided the total number of births into 100 equally sized groups, each representing an increment of 1 percentile point.
If the calculated CV exceeds the 75th percentile of CVs reported nationally, the laboratory should use the 75th and 90th percentiles to calculate warning and control limits, respectively, and the laboratory should investigate options for reducing variability.
A modern American family at the 12 th percentile (that is, right at the poverty line) surely has a flushing toilet, a working shower, and a telephone with direct-dial long-distance service; probably has a color television; and may well even have a car.
Lower and upper PMSD bounds were determined from the 10th and 90th percentile, respectively, of PMSD data from EPA's WET Interlaboratory Variability Study (USEPA, 2001a; USEPA, 2000b).