Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chemometrics and the analytical process -- Precision and accuracy -- Evaluation of precision and accuracy. Comparison of two procedures -- Evaluation of sources of variation in data. Analysis of variance -- Calibration -- Reliability and drift -- Sensitivity and limit of detection -- Selectivity and specificity -- Information -- Costs -- The time constant -- Signals and data -- Regression methods -- Correlation methods -- Signal processing -- Response surfaces and models -- Exploration of response surfaces -- Optimization of analytical chemical methods -- Optimization of chromatographic methods -- The multivariate approach -- Principal components and factor analysis -- Clustering techniques -- Supervised pattern recognition -- Decisions in the analytical laboratory -- Operations research -- Decision making -- Process control.