(The critical value of F at 0.05 level with 20 and 20 degrees of freedom 2.46.) However, from equation (2)" t= (1.272-1)/[(21-2)/4 x 1"272 (1-0.98442)] 1/2 2.987 with 19 degrees of freedom is highly significant (probability <0.008), i.e. the flame photometry was more precise than the Astra method.
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