The Results stage shows one saved calculation. To get one, enter your results and choose Calculate results. See Calculating results.
How the page is laid out#
From top to bottom:
- Warnings, when you are viewing an earlier calculation or the acceptance limits changed after it.
- The summary line: the study status and the rows analyzed and excluded.
- Why: each limit with its observed value and outcome.
- Findings and study notes.
- The evidence for the study type: plots, tables and the acceptance table.
- Methods and sources, folded.
Each method chapter explains its evidence panels, for example Method comparison.
The summary line#
The summary line shows the status in color, with counts such as 20 analyzed · 1 excluded. Directly below it, the Why panel lists each limit with its observed value, the limit and the outcome, and the reason for any outcome other than Met or Not met. Select a line to open that limit on Set up.
For a study that decides pass or fail, without limits the Why panel says No acceptance limit set, so there is no pass or fail yet. and, for a study that decides pass or fail, the study header offers Add a limit. When limits exist but none applies, the line says, for example, None of the 2 acceptance limits apply to these results. A limit set for a level that has no results is named in the same place. A derived sigma study has no summary line or Why panel. A descriptive summary or reference interval establishment without limits has no Why panel. See Criterion outcomes.
Findings and study notes#
Findings are short sentences written from the saved values, for example "Mean 100.17 mg/dL, SD 0.936 mg/dL, CV 0.93 % from 20 results." A repeatability study shows its key numbers in Results instead, and an estimate with a limit appears in Why.
Study notes follow. They explain data issues and estimates that could not be calculated. See Study notes and unavailable results.
Acceptance decisions#
Why lists each acceptance limit with its observed value and outcome. A limit covering several levels, pools or dilutions gets one line per check. An Undecided, Not evaluated or Not applicable outcome gives its reason.
In method and instrument comparison, a specimen limit's observed value is the count within limits, for example 19/20 (95%). Specimen decisions, folded, lists each specimen's two results, difference, allowed difference, error index and outcome. A reagent lot comparison shows the same table open under its lot decision.
If the limits changed after this calculation, a warning asks you to choose Recalculate results. Until then the outcomes use the old limits.
A value marked † looks equal to its limit after rounding. The decision uses the unrounded value. See Criterion outcomes.
Plots and the group selector#
With more than one group, a selector above the plots chooses the group:
| Study type | Selector |
|---|---|
| Most quantitative studies | Concentration level |
| Reference interval | Partition |
| Interference | Analyte level |
| Stability | Condition |
| Instrument comparison | Instrument |
| 21-position carryover | Run |
The Measurements plot switches between Run order and Histogram. Reference-interval plots offer Raw points and Histogram. Excluded results are listed under the plot with their reasons, and Show excluded values on chart draws them as crosses. Excluded values are left out of every estimate. Review entered data opens the Data stage.
Descriptive, repeatability, multi-day precision and reference interval studies also show Distribution diagnostics: a normal Q–Q plot and a box plot with the raw points. They describe the shape of the data only.
Methods and sources#
This section holds the method statements saved with the calculation and links to the published sources. The Method ID and software versions are in the report's C Audit trail (tick Include technical details). Calculation file (JSON), Results summary (CSV) and Study data (CSV) download from here. See Exports.
Choosing a saved calculation#
Every calculation is kept. The Calculation selector lists them by date. For repeatability, multi-day precision, bias and descriptive studies it is inside Additional statistics and calculation history; other study types show it at the top of their evidence or under Detailed statistics. An earlier calculation opens under a warning that gives its date and the latest one's. Show latest calculation returns to the latest. See History and revisions.
From a plot point to its data row#
Most plots link to the data:
- Click a point, or Tab to it and press Enter or Space. A screen reader reads out its row, ID and value.
- Data opens at that row's result cell. In method comparison and qualitative agreement, that is the comparative-method result.
- Correct the value, or exclude the row with a reason, then save and recalculate.
A point for a specimen or subject mean opens its first row. If a later import replaced the row, a notice says so. Its original values stay in the earlier calculation.
Downloading a plot#
Some plots have Download plot, with SVG and PNG:
| Study type | Plots you can download |
|---|---|
| Method comparison | Regression plot and difference plot |
| Descriptive, repeatability, multi-day precision, bias against an assigned value | Results plot (under the Measurements plot, with Run order selected) |
These plots, and a reagent lot comparison's difference plot, are also under Other downloads › Plots on the Report stage.
The file comes from the saved calculation, with the study title, result count, units and labelled lines. Short notes below the graph explain limits, difference direction and excluded values. The file name starts with the study title.
- SVG: vector with embedded fonts, for documents and slides.
- PNG: made on the server. If one can't be made, download the SVG.
Going on to the report#
Open Report. If the data or settings changed since the calculation, a banner says the results are out of date and the main button reads Recalculate results. Continue with the study report.