Chemometrics: A transversal subject in chemical analysis laboratory

Chemometrics has become one of the most wide-spread and important tools in the teaching of Analytical Chemistry over the last years. Chemometrics is u seful for analysing large amounts of data and for making reasonable decisio ns in cases of uncertainty. This tool should be used in close conjunction w ith chemical knowledge of the task being studied. The aim of this paper is to expose the basic idea that Chemometrics is a transversal subject as well as to emphasise the role of teaching and learning Chemometrics within the training analysis laboratories.