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Mid-Continent Report; Nov. 15, 1993 <br /> Steve Renner/Harry Posey <br /> Page 5 <br /> 5b. Conductivity and TDS Outliers. Table 1 shows the data and the variation relative to <br /> the standard deviation of the population at station #20. This evaluation of variance relative <br /> to the mean and standard deviation is different from that shown on the graphs. The graphs <br /> highlight the outliers at any specific value of flow whereas Table 1 highlights the outliers <br /> relative to the entire population, regardless of the rate of flow. <br /> TDS outliers normalized to flow range from about 430 to 1312; conductivity outliers <br /> normalized to flow range from 600 to 1900. However, TDS outliers relative to the mean <br /> of the entire data set range from 568 to 1312, and conductivity outliers relative to the mean <br /> of the entire data set range from 900 to 1900. <br /> Outliers Range <br /> low high <br /> TDS relative to flow 430 1312 <br /> TDS relative to population 568 1312 <br /> Cond relative to flow 600 1900 <br /> Cond relative to population 900 1900 <br /> This could have been an important distinction because the company reported their average <br /> yearly values relative to the entire population even though the entire population does not <br /> account for the variation in any of the parameters relative to the flow. However, even <br /> though there are large differences in the low range of the values, these were caused by only <br /> one sample. Even by comparing results with the mean of all values, as was done by the <br /> company, anomalous results could have been discerned in nearly all cases without the <br /> different approach used in this report. <br />