mas-menos del método

English translation: range

09:01 Jul 1, 2004

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Law/Patents - Medical: Pharmaceuticals

Spanish term or phrase: mas-menos del método

This refers to the precision test used in the evaluation of analytical procedures in pharmaceutical registers. The actual sentence is:
"El objetivo del estudio de la precisión es conocer la variabilidad o el más-menos del método."

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English translation:range

Explanation:
mas-menos or maximum-minimum means the range of the data (in this case the range of the data obtained with this method/protocol).

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The extent of the **variability or range** for the norm is determined by the variation in the retinol content of fortified sugar at the refinery.
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However, EPA acknowledges that data on the **variability or range** of results from individual samples typically are notavailable from studies analyzing composite samples.
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