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P. Qromelas Western Fuels (007) 5-18-OS 1145 <br />Program run on OS-27-2005 at 15:07:38 <br />RESULTS CALCULATED USING THE BINOMINAL METHOD <br /> <br />CONC. NUMBER NUMBER <br />PERCENT - <br />BINOMIAL --------- <br />EXPOSED DEAD DEAD PROB. (PERCENT) <br />-------------------------------------- <br />100 40 0 ------------- <br />0.00 ---------- <br />LESS ----- <br />THAN -------------- <br />0.001 <br />75 40 0 0.00 LESS THAN 0.001 <br />50 40 0 0.00 LESS THAN 0.001 <br />25 40 1 2.50 LESS THAN 0.001 <br />12.5 40 0 0.00; LESS THAN 0.001 <br />AT A CONFIDENCE LEVEL OF 95 PERCENT, THE BINOMIAL TEST <br />SHOWS THAT THE LC50 IS ABOVE 100 <br />THE USEFULNESS OF ANY LC50 CALCULATED FROM THIS SET OF DATA <br />IS QUESTIONABLE BECAUSE A CONCENTRATION-EFFECT RELATIONSHIP <br />HAS NOT BEEN DEMONSTRATED OVER A REAS ONABLE RANGE (e.g. <br /><37 TO>63 OF PERCENT DEAD <br />NEITHER THE APPROXIMATE LC50 CALCULATION NOR THE MOVING <br />AVERAGE METHOD CAN BE USED WITH THIS SET OF DATA. <br />EITHER THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION KILLED LESS THAN 50 <br />PERCENT OR THE LOWEST KILLED MORE THAN 50 PERCENT. <br />IF THE PROBIT SLOPE IS NEGATIVE, ENTER THE DATA AGAIN <br />USING THE NUMBER ALIVE INSTEAD OF THE NUMBER DEAD. <br />I W1. .~ THERE ARE LESS THAN TWO DIFFERENT CONCENTRATIONS AT <br />WHICH THE PERCENT DEAD IS BETWEEN 0 AND 100, THE PROBIT <br />METHOD CANNOT GIVE ANY STATISTICALLY SOUND RESULTS. <br />COMPARE RESULTS WITH ORIGINAL DATA TO SEE IF THEY ARE <br />REASONABLE. <br />