Consider Godish, Davis, and Fu’s (2014, p. 250) Figure 7.5; the fact that the reported industry practice is to accept sample data within 10% of the true value for statistical sampling methods and within 25% of the true value for passive sampling methods.
What problems do you perceive that this practice could pose when attempting to generalize air quality study outcomes? To what extent do you think that these variances in accuracy and precision pose a problem to an industry attempting to stay in compliance with strict regulatory limits on pollutants?
