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Message posted by edusan (via 63.206.246.74) on November 21, 2001 at 12:12 PM (ET)

Does anybody out there know the formula to calculate percent relative standard deviation (%RSD). Any information will be deeply appreciated, thank you.

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Re: % RSD
Message posted by darius (via 200.23.217.10) on November 22, 2001 at 4:02 PM (ET)

Coefficient of Variation
The coefficient of variation (CoV), which is sometimes called the relative standard deviation, normalizes the standard deviation to the mean. The coefficient of variation, expressed in percentage, is defined by the following equation:
CoV = 100 σ / µ

Re: % RSD
Message posted by edusan (via 63.206.246.74) on November 26, 2001 at 11:53 AM (ET)

thanks darius

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