NKEB45 · 6 credits · Basic level (G1F) · Kemiteknik, Kemi
Statistical Tools for Chemical Analysis
Active · next start VT 2027
83%
passed the latest ordinary exam
TEN1 · 24 Apr 2026 · 36 students
73%
passed the ordinary exams, all sittings over the last 5 years
TEN1 · 190 students
60%
Harder than 60% of courses at basic level
Compared with 874 courses at the same level, ordinary exams over the last three academic years. 70 students.
Part of 3 programmes
Exam
TEN1 Written examination
- 5
- 4
- 3
- U
Ordinary exams
73% passed · 190 students
- 83%36
- 62%34
- 68%31
- 74%39
- 74%50
Re-exams
63% passed · 41 students
- 80%5
- 80%5
- 40%10
- 43%7
- 80%5
- 78%9
- Pass the re-exam: 63% (41 students), compared with 73% (190 students) on the ordinary exam
- Get 4 or 5: 38% (231 students)
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Sittings with fewer than 5 students, often credit transfers or special sittings. They are not part of any figure on this page.
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- 100%1
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- 33%3
Other modules
Partial exams, hand-ins and labs. They are not part of the figures at the top.
Hand-in or lab
LAB1 Laboratory work
- G
Main rounds
100% passed · 134 students
- 100%25
- 100%19
- 100%21
- 100%25
- 100%44
Later rounds
100% passed · 31 students
- 100%7
- 100%10
- 100%5
- 100%9
- Pass a later round: 100% (31 students), compared with 100% (134 students) on the ordinary exam
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About the course
Aim
This course aims at giving the student a basic knowledge in statistical methods for use in chemistry related areas. It also trains the ability to use modern spreadsheet software for calculations and data presentation. After the course the student should:
- be able to collect, organize, evaluate, interpret and present data obtained from chemical analysis
- be able to use a spreadsheet software, for instance Microsoft Excel, for calculations using statistical methods and for data presentation
- be able to describe and assess uncertainties and errors related to chemical experiments based on graphs and descriptive statistics
- demonstrate knowledge of terminology in statistics for analytical chemistry, and be able to calculate and interpret the results of descriptive statistics and significance tests
- be able to perform linear regression calculations in order to evaluate correlation, to construct calibration curves with estimates of errors and to determine the concentration of samples with estimated uncertainty
- explain the basics of quality control and be able to use statistical tools to monitor the quality of analytical measurements
Content
Basic terminology within analytical chemistry and statistics, statistics of repeated measurements, mean and standard deviation, confidence limits, statistical tests, ANOVA, calibration and linear regression, methods for quality control. Microsoft Excel for calculations and data presentation, as well as for statistic evaluation of data from chemical experiments.
- Examiner
- Maria Lundqvist
- Scheduled hours
- 46 h
- Main field of study
- Kemiteknik, Kemi