TABLE OF CONTENTS Coordinating Author
ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY
Setting standards in analytical science
VALID ANALYTICAL MEASUREMENT
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank the following people who looked at various drafts of this handbook. Their advice, criticism and ideas have made this book a better product.
Members of the VAM Education and Training Working Group, in particular:
| Dr Chris Amodio | Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education |
| Professor Joe Connor | Medway Sciences |
| Dr Hywel Evans | University of Plymouth |
| Dr Colin Graham | University of Birmingham |
| Dr Sam Lalljie | Unilever |
| Dr Colin Osborne | Royal Society of Chemistry |
| Mr Douglas Squirrell | Consultant |
| Professor Ron Thomas | Consultant |
| Professor Alan Townshend | University of Hull |
Our thanks also to Karen Rutland and Fraser Nicholson, LGC.
We are grateful for financial support from the Department of Trade and Industry as part of the National Measurement System Valid Analytical Measurement programme.
Figure 1 is redrawn from Pure and Applied Chemistry, 1990, 62, 1193 1208 with the permission of the International...
