Risk of false decision on conformity of a multicomponent material when test results of the components' content are correlated

I Kuselman, FR Pennecchi, RJNB da Silva, DB Hibbert - Talanta, 2017 - Elsevier
Talanta, 2017Elsevier
The probability of a false decision on conformity of a multicomponent material due to
measurement uncertainty is discussed when test results are correlated. Specification limits
of the components' content of such a material generate a multivariate specification
interval/domain. When true values of components' content and corresponding test results
are modelled by multivariate distributions (eg by multivariate normal distributions), a total
global risk of a false decision on the material conformity can be evaluated based on …
Abstract
The probability of a false decision on conformity of a multicomponent material due to measurement uncertainty is discussed when test results are correlated. Specification limits of the components’ content of such a material generate a multivariate specification interval/domain. When true values of components’ content and corresponding test results are modelled by multivariate distributions (e.g. by multivariate normal distributions), a total global risk of a false decision on the material conformity can be evaluated based on calculation of integrals of their joint probability density function. No transformation of the raw data is required for that. A total specific risk can be evaluated as the joint posterior cumulative function of true values of a specific batch or lot lying outside the multivariate specification domain, when the vector of test results, obtained for the lot, is inside this domain. It was shown, using a case study of four components under control in a drug, that the correlation influence on the risk value is not easily predictable. To assess this influence, the evaluated total risk values were compared with those calculated for independent test results and also with those assuming much stronger correlation than that observed. While the observed statistically significant correlation did not lead to a visible difference in the total risk values in comparison to the independent test results, the stronger correlation among the variables caused either the total risk decreasing or its increasing, depending on the actual values of the test results.
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