• 유통과학연구
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• 제13권9호
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• pp.103-112
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• 2015

Purpose - This paper aims to provide a step-by-step approach to factor analytic procedures, such as principal component analysis (PCA) and exploratory factor analysis (EFA), and to offer a guideline for factor analysis. Authors have argued that the results of PCA and EFA are substantially similar. Additionally, they assert that PCA is a more appropriate technique for factor analysis because PCA produces easily interpreted results that are likely to be the basis of better decisions. For these reasons, many researchers have used PCA as a technique instead of EFA. However, these techniques are clearly different. PCA should be used for data reduction. On the other hand, EFA has been tailored to identify any underlying factor structure, a set of measured variables that cause the manifest variables to covary. Thus, it is needed for a guideline and for procedures to use in factor analysis. To date, however, these two techniques have been indiscriminately misused. Research design, data, and methodology - This research conducted a literature review. For this, we summarized the meaningful and consistent arguments and drew up guidelines and suggested procedures for rigorous EFA. Results - PCA can be used instead of common factor analysis when all measured variables have high communality. However, common factor analysis is recommended for EFA. First, researchers should evaluate the sample size and check for sampling adequacy before conducting factor analysis. If these conditions are not satisfied, then the next steps cannot be followed. Sample size must be at least 100 with communality above 0.5 and a minimum subject to item ratio of at least 5:1, with a minimum of five items in EFA. Next, Bartlett's sphericity test and the Kaiser-Mayer-Olkin (KMO) measure should be assessed for sampling adequacy. The chi-square value for Bartlett's test should be significant. In addition, a KMO of more than 0.8 is recommended. The next step is to conduct a factor analysis. The analysis is composed of three stages. The first stage determines a rotation technique. Generally, ML or PAF will suggest to researchers the best results. Selection of one of the two techniques heavily hinges on data normality. ML requires normally distributed data; on the other hand, PAF does not. The second step is associated with determining the number of factors to retain in the EFA. The best way to determine the number of factors to retain is to apply three methods including eigenvalues greater than 1.0, the scree plot test, and the variance extracted. The last step is to select one of two rotation methods: orthogonal or oblique. If the research suggests some variables that are correlated to each other, then the oblique method should be selected for factor rotation because the method assumes all factors are correlated in the research. If not, the orthogonal method is possible for factor rotation. Conclusions - Recommendations are offered for the best factor analytic practice for empirical research.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.532-541
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• 2016

국가환경시료은행(NESB)에서는 환경오염물질의 생태계 영향을 모니터링하기 위한 시료로서 8종의 생물시료를 정기적으로 채취하여 초저온(<$-130^{\circ}C$) 저장을 해 오고 있다. 이 중 2 종의 활엽수(느티나무 및 신갈나무 잎)가 중금속 및 잔류성유기오염물질(POPs)과 같은 대기오염물질 모니터링을 위한 환경시료로서 활용되기 위해 채취되고 있다. 한 지역을 대표하기 위해 군락 내 여러 개체에서 시료를 채취하는 과정에서 개체별 차이 및 오염분포 특성에 따른 이질성이 구성 시료의 대표성에 영향을 미치게 되고 따라서 분석을 통한 측정값을 활용한 연구의 신뢰도에 문제를 초래할 수 있다. 따라서 이러한 시료종은 엄격한 표준운영절차(SOP)에 따라 채취됨으로써 대표성을 확보할 수 있고 이를 근거로 오염물질의 지역간, 연도별 비교가 가능하게 된다. 본 연구에서는 표준운영절차(SOP)에 따라 5 지역의 고정구에서 채취된 신갈나무, 느티나무 잎 시료를 대상으로 지역 간 오염물질의 농도차이를 비교하기 위해 주요원소 및 중금속, 그리고 다환방향족탄화수소(Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, PAHs)에 대한 분석을 실시하였다. 그 결과인 측정값을 활용하기에 앞서 이에 대한 신뢰도 수준을 평가하기 위한 방편으로 시료채취단계에서 중복 시료를, 시료분석단계에서 중복분석을 수행하여 분산분석(ANOVA)을 수행하였다. 이로써 시료채취 및 분석의 단계별 불확도를 분리하여 산출한 후 측정불확도로 통합한 결과 측정값의 지역 간 연도별 농도비교에 통계적 신뢰도 수준으로 활용할 수 있었다. 아울러 잎표면 대기침적물질 중 강우에 영향을 받는 중금속 및 PAHs 종류를 파악하기 위해 누적강우량과 오염물질의 축적도간 관계를 분석하였다.

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.50-56
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• 2007

원자력발전소의 온배수 배출에 따른 주변해역의 해양환경변화는 온배수의 수온상승에 의한 해수질의 생지화학적 변화가 상호 연관되어 나타나게 된다. 지금까지 우리나라에서 수행된 여러 원전 온배수 관련 해양환경 영향범위 산정 문제는 항상 객관적 논리와 정량화된 근거자료의 미비나 부재로 이해 당사자간의 소모적인 논란과 파행적 피해보상 진행으로 귀결되어온 바 있다. 이러한 문제는 해양환경 피해영향평가 조사가 용역조사기관에 따라 각각 달리 수행되어 동일하고 표준화된 지침에 의하여 객관성을 보장하지 못하였기 때문으로 초래한 현상으로 사료된다. 국내에서 2002년부터 2004년까지 수행된 17개 조사보고서를 검토한 결과 이에 대한 보다 근본적인 원인은 우선 해수질 조사항목에서부터 그 적정성과 유의성에 대한 검증이 충분치 못한 상황에서 용역조사기관 재량에 따라 결정 수행되었기 때문으로 생각된다. 더구나 결과해석에 있어서 온배수에 의한 인과관계를 정량적이거나 객관화된 피해근거를 규명하지 못하고 애매모호한 경우가 많았으며 경우에 따라 불명확하거나 비객관적인 해석으로 인하여 이해당사자간의 합리적인 합의를 도출할 수 없었기 때문으로 판단된다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 이러한 관행적 문제점을 개선하고 보다 명확한 피해영향평가를 도출하기위해 객관화되고 정량적인 온배수에 의한 해양환경 영향평가가 이루어질 수 있도록 모든 이해당사자와 전문가, 학계 그리고 용역수행기관이 합의할 수 있는 표준지침을 토의하고 제시하고자 하였다.

• 대한산업공학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.76-85
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• 2007

A reliability acceptance sampling plan (RASP) consists of a set of life test procedures and rules for eitheraccepting or rejecting a collection of items based on the sampled lifetime data. Most of the existing RASPs areconcerned with the case where test items are available at the same time. However, as in the early stage ofproduct development, it may be difficult to secure test items at the same time. In such a case, it is inevitable toconduct a life test using sequentially supplied samples.In this paper, it is assumed that test items are sequentially supplied, the lifetimes of test items follow anexponential disthbution, failures are monitored continuously, arrival times of test items are known, and thenumber of test items at each arrival time is given. Under these assumptions, RASPs are developed by deter-mining the test completion time and the critical value for the maximum likelihood estimator of the mean lifetimesuch that the producer and consumer risks are satisfied. Then, the developed plans are compared to thetraditional Type-I censored RASPs in terms of the test completion time. Computational results indicate that thetest completion time of the developed RASP is shorter than that of the traditional Type-I censored plan in mostcases considered. It is also found that the superiority of the developed RASP becomes more prominent as theinter-arrival times of test items increase and/or the total number of test items gets larger.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.96-104
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• 2013

Objectives: The inherent nature of the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) design requires special analysis by incorporating sample weights, stratification, and clustering not used in ordinary statistical procedures. Methods: This study investigated the proportion of research papers that have used an appropriate statistical methodology out of the research papers analyzing the KNHANES cited in the PubMed online system from 2007 to 2012. We also compared differences in mean and regression estimates between the ordinary statistical data analyses without sampling weight and design-based data analyses using the KNHANES 2008 to 2010. Results: Of the 247 research articles cited in PubMed, only 19.8% of all articles used survey design analysis, compared with 80.2% of articles that used ordinary statistical analysis, treating KNHANES data as if it were collected using a simple random sampling method. Means and standard errors differed between the ordinary statistical data analyses and design-based analyses, and the standard errors in the design-based analyses tended to be larger than those in the ordinary statistical data analyses. Conclusions: Ignoring complex survey design can result in biased estimates and overstated significance levels. Sample weights, stratification, and clustering of the design must be incorporated into analyses to ensure the development of appropriate estimates and standard errors of these estimates.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.39-49
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• 2002

In this study, limits of detection (LOD), accuracy and precision of four sampling/ analytical methods were evaluated and compared for the determination of airborne hexavalent chromium, Cr (VI). The methods include : (1) a combination of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Method 7600/U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Method 218.6 (NIOSH/EPA Method) proposed by Shin and Paik, 2) two impinger methods using 2% NaOH/3% Na$_2$CO$_3$. (3) same as (2) but with 0.02 N NaHCO$_3$absorbing solution, and (4) the Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) Method ID-215. An ion chromatograph/visible absorbance detector was used for the analysis of Cr (VI) in sample solution. Limit of detection (LOD) , analytical accuracy, and precision were also tested using Cr (VI) spike samples. Recoveries (as index of accuracy) and coefficient of variation (CV) (as a index of precision) were determined. Two-way ANOVA and Turkey's test were performed to test the significance in differences among recoveries and CVs of the methods. In all the methods, the peaks of Cr (VI) were separated sharply on chromatograms and exhibited a strong linearity with Cr (VI) concentrations in solution. The correlation coefficients of calibration curves typically ranged from 0.9997 to 0.9999, and the analytical LODs from 0.025 to 0.1$\mu\textrm{g}$/sample. All the method had good sensitivities and linearities between Cr (VI) levels and peak areas. The accuracies (% mean recoveries) of the methods ranged from 80.1 to 104.2%, while the precisions (pooled coefficient of variation) ranged from 3.16 to 4.43%. The impinger methods showed higher recoveries ( > 95%) than those of the PVC filter methods (the OSHA Method and the NIOSH/EPA Method). It was assumed that Cr (VI) on PVC filter was exposed to air and reduced to trivalent chromium, Cr (III), whereas it was stabilized in alkali solution contained in impinger. Thus, a special treatment of Cr (VI) samples collected on PVC filters may be required.

• 응용통계연구
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.587-597
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• 2018

조사목적에 부합하는 표본 자료를 얻기 위해서는 추출방법 및 조사방법 결정, 설문지 작성 등의 절차가 필요하며 중요한 결정 중 하나가 표본크기 공식의 적용이다. 표본크기 공식은 추출방법에 따른 목표오차와 총비용 등을 설정함으로써 결정되는데 본 논문에서는 단순임의추출에서 목표오차와 예상 응답률이 주어져 있을 때 과거 및 현재 시점의 모집단의 변동과 과거 자료의 추정오차 및 응답률을 사용한 표본크기 공식을 제안한다. 실제조사에서는 설계가중치 외에도 여러 가중치가 복합적으로 적용되는 추정량을 사용하고 있는데 본 논문에서는 설계가중치와 무응답 보정계수를 사용한 추정량에서의 표본크기 공식을 유도하며 이것은 시점별 조사방법이 달라질 경우 응답률에 차이가 발생하는 현상을 반영한 공식이 될 수 있다. 또한 모의 실험을 통하여 기존의 표본크기 공식과 비교함으로써 제안된 공식의 다양한 적용방안을 살펴본다.

• 한국환경보건학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경보건학회 2002년도 춘계 국제 학술대회
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• pp.40.1-43
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• 2002

The purpose of this study was to evaluate a new sampling and analytical method for the determination of hexavalent chromium, Cr(VI) in mist from field plating operation. The Procedures of this new method (Shin & Paik's Method) are as the following: Airborne hexavalent chromium is collected on polyvinyl chloride (PVC) filter according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Method 7600, and the filter sample is placed in a screw-capped vial and soaked with 2％ NaOH/3％ Na₂CO₃ solution immediately after sampling. The Cr(VI) sample is analyzed by ion chromatography/visible spectrophotometry (IC/VS) according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Method 218.6. The airborne Cr(VI) concentrations measured by this method were compared with those determined by three reference methods: One (NIOSH/EPA Method) consisted of sampling airborne Cr(VI) on PVC filters and storing the sample filters in screw-capped vials according to the NIOSH method, and analyzing Cr(VI) in samples using IC/VS according to the EPA method. The second method (Impinger Method/NaHCO₃) consisted of absorbing airborne Cr(VI) into 0.02 MN/sub a/Hco₃ solution in midget impinger, and analyzing the Cr(VI) in samples using IC/VS. The third method was the OSHA Method Id-215. Using these four different methods, four replicates of air samples were collected at an electroplating process and analyzed simultaneously. Two-way ANOVA and Paired t-test were used to test difference among values determined by the methods. There was no significant difference and a strong correlation (r/sup 2/=0.99) between Cr(VI) concentrations measured by the shin & Paik's Method and an impinger method (p＞0.05). However, Cr(VI) concentrations determined by Shin & Paik's Method were Significantly different form those by the NIOSH/EPA Method (p＜0.05) or the OSHA method (p＜0.05). The Cr(VI) concentrations of Shin & Paik's Method were Significantly higher than those of the NIOSH/EPA Method or the OSHA method. We concluded that the Shin & Paik's Method could prevent Cr(VI) losses caused by reduction and give more reliable results of airborne Cr(VI) concentrations in work environments.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.1-16
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• 1991

본 연구에서는 대기중 저농도 수준의 다환방향족탄화수소(PAH) 농도를 측정하기 위하여 이들의 포집과 분석방법을 평가하였다. PAH의 포집매체로서 기체상은 Tenax 흡착제를, 입자상은 PTEE 및 유리섬유필터를 이용하였으며 양자 모두 저유량샘플러에 의해 포집되었다. 필터 및 흡착제에 함유된 유기성분은 Soxhlet 장치로 추출하였으며 신속하고도 간편한 Silica 미니칼럼을 이용하여 PAH 함유성분을 분리하였다. PAH 성분은 역상 HPLC로 분리되어 형광 및 UV 검출기로 검지하였다. 분석은 환경보건학적 중요성을 갖는 18개의 PAH에 대하여 행하여졌다. 분석방법의 타당성을 검토하기 위하여 추출능(시료의 회수율), 시료의 전처리단계, HPLC 분리능과 재현성 및 검출한계치 등이 평가되었으며 이울러 서로 다른 포집매체의 이용에 따른 회수율의 영향도 비교 검토되었다. 본 연구에서 채택된 포집 및 분석방법을 실제 환경시료에 적용하여 가스상 및 입자상 PAH 분석을 위한 실례를 제시하였다.

• Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.231-238
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• 2016

Traditional acceptance sampling plans have focused on the proportion of nonconforming items as an attribute criterion for quality. In today's modern quality management under high quality production environments, the reduction of the deviation from a target value in a quality characteristic has become the most important purpose. In consequence, various inspection plans for the purpose of reducing the deviation from the target value in the quality characteristic have been investigated. In this case, a concept of the quality loss evaluated by the deviation from the target value has been accepted as the variable evaluation criterion of quality. Further, some quality measures based on the quality loss have been devised; e.g. the process loss and the process capability index. Then, as one of inspection plans based on the quality loss, the rigorous design procedure for the variable sampling plan having desired operating characteristics (VS-OC plan) indexed by the quality loss has been proposed by Yen and Chang in 2009. By the way, since the estimator of the quality loss obeys the non-central chi-square distribution, the rigorous design procedure for the VS-OC plan indexed by the quality loss is complicated. In particular, the rigorous design procedure for the VS-OC plan requires a large number of the repetitive and complicated numerical calculation about the non-central chi-square distribution. On the other hand, an approximate design procedure for the VS-OC plan has been proposed before the proposal of the above rigorous design procedure. The approximate design procedure for the VS-OC plan has been constructed by combining Patnaik approximation relating the non-central chi-square distribution to the central chi-square distribution and Wilson-Hilferty approximation relating the central chi-square distribution to the standard normal distribution. Then, the approximate design procedure has been devised as a convenient procedure without complicated and repetitive numerical calculations. In this study, through some comparisons between the rigorous and approximate design procedures, the applicability of the approximate design procedure has been confirmed.