<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper deals with the recent survey of indoor radon (Rn) results in schools, where paired CR-39 detectors were simultaneously exposed to different long-term periods, i.e., one detector was exposed during the whole year and the other one in the period of the school year duration. To be able to compare the results obtained, for its analysis, the relative bias and U tests were used. It was found that there are no systematic differences between the results, which points that the exposure of the detector during summer vacations did not affect the estimated average annual radon concentration. The paired results were modelled by a linear function, giving an extremely high coefficient of determination <italic>R</italic><sup>2</sup> = 0.99.</p></abstract>

The paper deals with the recent survey of indoor radon (Rn) results in schools, where paired CR-39 detectors were simultaneously exposed to different long-term periods, i.e., one detector was exposed during the whole year and the other one in the period of the school year duration. To be able to compare the results obtained, for its analysis, the relative bias and U tests were used. It was found that there are no systematic differences between the results, which points that the exposure of the detector during summer vacations did not affect the estimated average annual radon concentration. The paired results were modelled by a linear function, giving an extremely high coefficient of determination R2 = 0.99.

Results of radon CR-39 detectors exposed in schools due two different long-term periods

Faculty of Natural and Technical Sciences, Goce Delcev University, Krste Misirkov No. 10-A, P. O. 201, Stip-2000,

University of Belgrade, Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, P. O. Box 522, 11000 Belgrade,

German Federal Office for Radiation Protection, div. SW 1.1, 120-130 Köpenicker Allee, D-10318 Berlin,

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The paper deals with the recent survey of indoor radon (Rn) results in schools, where paired CR-39 detectors were simultaneously exposed to different long-term...

Results of radon CR-39 detectors exposed in schools due two different long-term periods

Published Online: Sep 10, 2016

Page range: 385 - 389

Received: Dec 23, 2015

Accepted: Mar 24, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/nuka-2016-0064

Keywords
comparison, linear regression analysis, relative bias, U test

© 2016 Zdenka Stojanovska et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Results of radon CR-39 detectors exposed in schools due two different long-term periods

Published Online: Sep 10, 2016

Page range: 385 - 389

Received: Dec 23, 2015

Accepted: Mar 24, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/nuka-2016-0064

Keywordscomparison, linear regression analysis, relative bias, U test

© 2016 Zdenka Stojanovska et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
comparison, linear regression analysis, relative bias, U test