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    The document discusses the Hyperbolic Method for evaluating twin and duplicate samples. It describes using a hyperbolic quadratic equation (y2=m2x2+b2) as an alternative to linear equations, to account for decreasing precision near detection limits. The slope (m) is chosen based on the required relative error for each duplicate type. The intercept (b) depends on material type and detection limit. Sample pairs above the failure line defined by this equation are considered failures and flagged for review. The method allows for lower precision pairs near detection limits compared to linear models.

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    The document discusses the Hyperbolic Method for evaluating twin and duplicate samples. It describes using a hyperbolic quadratic equation (y2=m2x2+b2) as an alternative to linear equations, to account for decreasing precision near detection limits. The slope (m) is chosen based on the required relative error for each duplicate type. The intercept (b) depends on material type and detection limit. Sample pairs above the failure line defined by this equation are considered failures and flagged for review. The method allows for lower precision pairs near detection limits compared to linear models.

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    The document discusses the Hyperbolic Method for evaluating twin and duplicate samples. It describes using a hyperbolic quadratic equation (y2=m2x2+b2) as an alternative to linear equations, to account for decreasing precision near detection limits. The slope (m) is chosen based on the required relative error for each duplicate type. The intercept (b) depends on material type and detection limit. Sample pairs above the failure line defined by this equation are considered failures and flagged for review. The method allows for lower precision pairs near detection limits compared to linear models.

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    APPENDIX A

    HIPERBOLIC METHOD DISCUSSION


    Evaluation of Twin and Duplicate Samples
    The Hyperbolic Method: Discussion
    Armando Simn (AMEC International Chile).

    The evaluation procedure of the twin and duplicate samples involves the preparation of
    Min-Max plots1, a particular version of the X-Y plots, where the maximum and minimum
    values of the sample pairs are plotted in the y and x axis, respectively. This way, all the
    points fall on, or above, the x=y line.
    Linear equations (y=mx; y=mx+b) are often used to evaluate duplicate data, but the
    decrease of precision near the detection limits generally leads to conciliatory nonconventional solutions when dealing with such low values. To prevent this problem, the
    Hyperbolic Method has been developed as an alternative solution. With this method, each
    duplicate pair oi and di (where oi is the original value and di is the duplicate value) is
    evaluated against the hyperbolic quadratic equation y2=m2x2+b2 (for x, y0, where y is
    defined as max [oi, di], x is defined as min [oi, di], m is the slope of the asymptote and b the
    value of the intercept). Near the detection limit, the hyperbolic line (considered as the
    failure line) departs from the asymptote, thus allowing lower precision pairs (with higher
    values of the relative error2) to be accepted; away from the detection limit, the hyperbolic
    line tends asymptotically to a line of constant slope m (see Figure 1).
    The value of m is calculated from the relative error equation, considering that at the
    asymptote line di = m*oi, and it is chosen for the limiting relative error required for the
    particular type of duplicates undergoing evaluation. AMEC recommends the following
    values for m: 1.35 for twin samples (corresponding to a 30% relative error), 1.22 for coarse
    duplicates (corresponding to a 20% relative error) and 1.11 for pulp duplicates
    (corresponding to a 10% relative error). These performance levels are more easily attained
    for base metals than for precious metals, and may not be attainable if there is a nugget
    effect.
    The value of b is conditionally established, depending on the type of material, as some
    integer multiple of the analytical detection limit (10 to 20 times for twin samples, 6 to 10
    times for coarse duplicates and 3 to 5 times for pulp duplicates). Sample pairs with relative
    errors exceeding the limiting values according to the equation (situated above the failure
    line) are considered failures and are flagged for review.

    This procedure has been developed by Scott Long (AMEC).


    Relative error: calculated as the absolute value of the difference between the original and the duplicate
    values, divided by the average of the two values, or RE=2*|oi - di|/(oi + di); also know as Absolute Value of
    the Relative Error, or the Absolute Value of the Relative Difference.
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    Figure 1: Failure Line Alternatives

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