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Goals and Objectives

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    • Goal 1: This module will frame the roles of signal and noise in chemical measurements.
      • Objective 1: Define analytical signals and estimate signal parameters that correlate to analyte concentrations
      • Objective 2: Define noise, estimate the magnitude of noise, and investigate how the presence of noise interferes with the measurement of analytical signals
      • Objective 3: Define signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) as it relates to method performance and investigate how S/N is used to determine the detection limit of an analytical method
    • Goal 2: This module will describe how to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of analytical signals
      • Objective 1: Provide an introduction to the behavior of passive electronic circuits and show how they are used to improve the S/N of an analytical measurement
      • Objective 2: Provide an introduction to software-based methods and show how they are used to improve the S/N of an analytical measurement

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