Upper limits for exceedance probabilities under the one-way random effects model

作者：Krishnamoorthy K^*; Mathew Thomas; Ramachandran Gurumurthy

来源：Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 2007, 51(4): 397-406.

DOI：10.1093/annhyg/mem013

• between and within-worker variability
• generalized confidence interval
• generalized P-value tolerance interval

In this article, we propose statistical methods for setting upper limits on (i) the probability that the mean exposure of an individual worker exceeds the occupational exposure limit (OEL) and (ii) the probability that the exposure of a worker exceeds the OEL. The proposed method for (i) is obtained using the generalized variable approach, and the one for (ii) is based on an approximate method for constructing one-sided tolerance limits in the one-way random effects model. Even though tolerance limits can be used to assess the proportion of exposure measurements exceeding the OEL, the upper limits on these probabilities are more informative than tolerance limits. The methods are conceptually as well as computationally simple. Two data sets involving industrial exposure data are used to illustrate the methods.

• 出版日期2007-6