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How Do You Round Fractions? Significant Digits and Converting to a Decimal
Interested in learning more about rounding fractions? In the September/October 2024 installment of Data Points, statistics expert Katie Daisey, Ph.D., explains some of the most common methodologies and how ASTM International approaches this… more
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Quality

Features
Tested and Certified: Laboratory Services and Programs
ASTM International is known globally for its standards, which have driven technological development and promoted a safer world for more than 125 years. But the organization also provides many services that strengthen laboratories, testing facilities… more
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Quality, ASTM Headquarters News

Update
Floor Patching and Skim Coating Compounds Receive New Standard ASTM C1933
ASTM International’s concrete and concrete aggregates committee (C09) approved a new standard that will be used to evaluate the performance of floor patching and skim coating compounds. These compounds, which contain hydraulic cement, are used to… more
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Quality

Data Points
Statistical Process Control Charts and Managing Multiplicity
Q. Why am I getting so many out-of-control signals?  A. There are multiple possibilities that may provide a larger number of out-of-control (OOC) signals than can be reasonably managed: Case 1 - The process is OOC in a manner that… more
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Quality

Data Points
Solving Statistics Problems: How to Work with Difficult Data
Q: I have a difficult data set that I want to use to help solve a problem. I am finding it difficult to find something of potential value. Can you help? A: Difficult data goes beyond what is called messy data, which typically entails… more
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Standards and the Craft Beer Industry
For more than 30 years, New Belgium Brewing has been committed to values that prioritize people, communities, and the impact our work has on the environment. New Belgium was founded in 1991 in Fort Collins, Colorado, by Kim Jordan, a social worker… more
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Consumer Products

Features
What is Sensory Evaluation? The Art and Science of Tasting Food and Beer
Agatha Christie’s famed detective Hercule Poirot was noted for his sharp powers of observation, something that also contributed to his discriminating sense of taste. A passionate aesthete, Poirot scoffed at poorly crafted meals, searched out… more
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Quality

Data Points
What are Certified Reference Materials?
The use of reference materials in the laboratory is widespread. These materials are most often used as control samples for control charting, drift correction, second-source verification of calibration, method validation, evaluation of method bias… more
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Quality