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COLUMNS
Focus on Quality
What Exactly Are Raw Data?
R.D. McDowall
Raw data is a term that is often used in both good manufacturing practice and good laboratory practice, but there is often confusion surrounding the term. What exactly does raw data mean and what records are within the scope of the term?
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Molecular Spectroscopy Workbench
Characterizing Modified Celluloses Using Raman Spectroscopy
Fran Adar
Cellulose is often chemically modified for a variety of uses in the pharmaceutical, food, and materials industries. By studying the Raman spectra of modified celluloses, we can identify spectroscopic features that can aid in the determination of physical and chemical properties of these materials.
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IR Spectral Interpretation Workshop
The Infrared Spectroscopy of Alkenes
Brian C. Smith
How can we distinguish the six different types of carbon–carbon double bonds, or alkenes, from each other?
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Chemometrics in Spectroscopy
Statistics, Part III: Third Foundation
Howard Mark and Jerome Workman Jr.
We continue our discussion of statistics with an examination of the principle of least squares.
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Guest Editorial
Error Terror in Forensic Science: When Spectroscopy Meets the Courts
Glen P. Jackson
A big question in forensic science today is, “How do we best report uncertainty?” The answer to which approach is “best” turns out to be surprisingly complex, for many reasons.
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PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLE

Basic Aspects of Experimental Design in Raman Microscopy
Alexander Rzhevskii
When characterizing microscale objects using a Raman microscope, certain basic practical aspects of analytical instrument performance and experimental design should be taken into consideration.
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