Chemometrics
Data Analysis for the Laboratory and Chemical Plant
Chapter One
Introduction
1.1 Points of View
There are numerous groups of people interested in chemometrics. One of the problems
over the past two decades is that each group has felt it is dominant or unique in the
world. This is because scientists tend to be rather insular. An analytical chemist will
publish in analytical chemistry journals and work in an analytical chemistry department,
a statistician or chemical engineer or organic chemist will tend to gravitate towards
their own colleagues. There are a few brave souls who try to cross disciplines but on
the whole this is difficult. However, many of the latest advances in theoretical statistics
are often too advanced for routine chemometrics applications, whereas many of the
problems encountered by the practising analytical chemist such as calibrating pipettes
and checking balances are often too mundane to the statistician. Cross-citation analysis
of different groups of journals, where one looks at which journal cites which other
journal, provides fa ... read full excerpt from Chemometrics: Data Analysis for the Laboratory and Chemical Plant ebook
