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Western Fuels 008 FH Acute Sampled 9/5/2006 <br />Program run on 09-12-2006 at 11:38:55 <br />RESULTS CALCULATED USING THE BINOMINAL METHOD <br />--------- <br />CONC. ---------------- <br />NUMBER ------------- <br />NUMBER -------------- <br />PERCENT ---------------------------- <br />BINOMIAL <br /> <br />--- <br />---- EXPOSED <br />------- DEAD DEAD PROB.(PERCENT) <br />-------- <br />- <br />----- <br />- <br />- <br />100 --------- <br />40 ------------- <br />0 -------------- <br />0.00 -------- <br />----- <br />- <br />LESS THAN 0.001 <br />75 40 0 0.00 LESS THAN 0.001 <br />50 40 2 5.00 LESS THAN 0.001 <br />25 40 2 5.00 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 REASONABLE 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 />RESULTS CALCULATED USING THE PROBIT METHOD <br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br />GOODNESS OF FIT <br />ITERATIONS G H CHI-SQUARE PROBABILITY <br />5 19.255 1.000 5.950 0.114 <br />SLOPE _ -.2732014 <br />95 PERCENT CONFIDENCE LIMITS = -1.472026 AND .9256232 <br />LC50 = 1.164905E-06 <br />95 PERCENT CONFIDENCE LIMITS = 0 AND 1.599117 <br />LC1 = 381.29 <br />95 PERCENT CONFIDENCE LIMITS = 0 AND +INFINITY <br />COMPARE RESULTS WITH ORIGINAL DATA TO SEE IF THEY ARE <br />REASONABLE. <br />~~~ <br />