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Table 6

Average and total content of Ni-63 calculated for the population of 87 drums using simple random sampling (SRS), systematic sampling (SYS) and bootstrap (Boot). The relative error ε is calculated twice, with and without values below DL.

Sampling techniques Population with DL Population without DL ε



Ni-63 (Bq/g) SE (Bq/g) Tot. Ni-63 (MBq) Ni-63 (Bq/g) SE (Bq/g) Tot. Ni-63 (MBq) With DL Without DL
Census 0.53 0.04 ∼4.52 0.65 0.05 ∼5.54
SRS (5%, n = 4), (5%, n = 3) 0.705 0.07 ∼6 0.53 0.13 ∼5.37 33.02% −18.46%
SRS (10%, n = 9), (10%, n = 6) 0.28 0.05 ∼2.39 0.58 0.07 ∼5.28 −47.17% −10.77%
SRS (25%, n = 22), (25%, n = 16) 0.52 0.11 ∼4.43 0.69 0.12 ∼5.37 −1.9% 6.15%
SRS (50%, n = 44), (50%, n = 32) 0.5 0.04 ∼4.26 0.68 0.05 ∼5.88 −5.7% 4.61%
SYS (5%, n = 4), (5%, n = 3) 0.65 0.22 ∼5.54 0.66 0.13 ∼5.6 22.64% 1.54%
SYS (10%, n = 9), (10%, n = 6) 0.48 0.06 ∼4.09 0.65 0.08 ∼5.54 −9.43% 0
SYS (25%, n = 22), (25%, n = 16) 0.46 0.06 ∼3.92 0.57 0.04 ∼4.86 −13.21% −12.31%
SYS (50%, n = 44), (50%, n = 32) 0.56 0.07 ∼4.77 0.71 0.08 ∼6.05 5.66% 9.23%
Boot (n = 5, N = 250) 0.33 0.08 ∼2.81 0.51 0.07 ∼4.36 −37.74% −21.23%
Boot (n = 10, N = 250) 0.75 0.21 ∼6.39 0.6 0.05 ∼5.11 41.51% −7.69%
Boot (n = 20, N = 250) 0.54 0.08 ∼4.6 0.61 0.05 ∼5.2 1.89% −6.15%
Boot (n = 5, N = 500) 0.415 0.11 ∼3.54 0.56 0.22 ∼4.77 −21.7% −13.84%
Boot (n = 10, N = 500) 0.665 0.11 ∼5.67 0.64 0.04 ∼5.45 25.47% −1.54%
Boot (n = 20, N = 500) 0.52 0.06 ∼4.43 0.6 0.07 ∼5.11 −1.89% −7.69%
Boot (n = 5, N = 1000) 0.63 0.2 ∼5.39 0.65 0.13 ∼5.54 19.24% 0
Boot (n = 10, N = 1000) 0.4 0.04 ∼3.41 0.65 0.11 ∼5.54 −24.53% 0
Boot (n = 20, N = 1000) 0.53 0.07 ∼4.52 0.68 0.09 ∼5.79 0 4.61%
Min 0.28 2.39 0.51 4.36 0 0
Max 0.75 6.39 0.71 6.05 −47.17% −21.23%

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