Table 2 Statistics of the Li grade estimation results.

From: A new method for estimating ore grade based on sample length weighting

Name of statistic

Method

Number of samples

3

4

5

6

7

Minimum

OS-IDW

0.2233

0.2391

0.2461

0.2523

0.2583

CS-IDW

0.2256

0.2359

0.2344

0.2416

0.2461

OS-IDWW

0.2200

0.2206

0.2313

0.2342

0.2427

Maximum

OS-IDW

0.8729

0.8345

0.8250

0.8056

0.7973

CS-IDW

0.8492

0.8445

0.8162

0.7978

0.7887

OS-IDWW

0.9004

0.8478

0.8279

0.7952

0.7779

Mean

OS-IDW

0.4765

0.4780

0.4781

0.4788

0.4789

CS-IDW

0.4791

0.4835

0.4856

0.4852

0.4864

OS-IDWW

0.4763

0.4777

0.4777

0.4785

0.4784

Variance

OS-IDW

0.0119

0.0115

0.0111

0.0106

0.0101

CS-IDW

0.0112

0.0109

0.0108

0.0105

0.0104

OS-IDWW

0.0119

0.0116

0.0111

0.0105

0.0101

Standard deviation

OS-IDW

0.1090

0.1074

0.1055

0.1029

0.1007

CS-IDW

0.1058

0.1043

0.1037

0.1027

0.1022

OS-IDWW

0.1091

0.1075

0.1055

0.1027

0.1004

Median

OS-IDW

0.4767

0.4800

0.4800

0.4785

0.4786

CS-IDW

0.4833

0.4862

0.4871

0.4894

0.4968

OS-IDWW

0.4767

0.4800

0.4799

0.4786

0.4786

Kurtosis

OS-IDW

−0.0789

−0.1253

−0.1442

−0.1935

−0.1657

CS-IDW

−0.1592

−0.2667

−0.3058

−0.3102

−0.2813

OS-IDWW

−0.0914

−0.1398

−0.1611

−0.2120

−0.1842

Skewness

OS-IDW

−0.3482

−0.4370

−0.4404

−0.4666

−0.4945

CS-IDW

−0.3162

−0.3034

−0.2225

−0.2860

−0.2148

OS-IDWW

−0.3584

−0.4490

−0.4519

−0.4765

−0.5001

Variation coefficient

OS-IDW

0.2287

0.2246

0.2206

0.2150

0.2102

CS-IDW

0.2207

0.2157

0.2135

0.2116

0.2102

OS-IDWW

0.2291

0.2251

0.2208

0.2145

0.2098