7. Practical calculation of validation criteria

7.1 Choosing a calculation tool

The data processing described here calls on statistical techniques that require a great deal of calculation: it's clear that numerical application is becoming a fundamental aspect of validation. Today, all analytical laboratories have spreadsheets that are perfectly suited to these calculations. To process data, you can choose from :

• commercial software: Excel® from Microsoft; iWorks from Apple; Lotus 1-2-3 from IBM...

• royalty-free software (freeware): OpenOffice.org Calc initially developed by Sun Microsystems ( http://www.fr.openoffice.org/ ) ; LibreOffice published by The Document...