Validation
Documented demonstration that a method is fit for its purpose, per ICH Q2(R2). Not published for any supplier method in this index.
Related terms
- Accuracy
- Closeness of a measured value to the true value. Demonstrated by recovery experiments during validation.
- Precision
- Closeness of repeated measurements to each other. Says nothing about accuracy: a precise method can be consistently wrong.
- Specificity
- Demonstration that the response is due to the analyte and nothing else. The hardest characteristic to establish for peptides because of mass-identical isomers.
see also Validation · Precision
see also Accuracy · Repeatability
see also Validation · Diastereomer
Where this term appears
The glossary exists to make record pages readable without a chemistry degree. Every technical term on a report resolves here.
- Assay report records — the term appears in result tables, peak tables and provenance blocks
- Method references — where the measurement behind the term is defined
- All 6 glossary terms beginning with V