REDUNDANCY AND RELEVANCY OF ANALYTICAL RESULTS IN MULTIELEMENT ANALYSIS

From the point of view of the information theory, the term relevancy i s actual only in the case of multielement determinations, because the information of one component determination is basically relevant. In t he multicomponent determination the surplus of information, the s.c. r edundancy, is given on the one hand by the relation between the inform ation parameters of the analytical order and the equivalent parameters derived from the experimental data. On the other hand, the informatio n from the individual terms of determined information parameters also have individual degrees of redundancy. But the given redundancy, the w eight of information, is not necessarily always useful. The main probl em is the correct and true determination of the given redundancy and f ollowing degree of relevancy.