Table 3 Statistics of the Al 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 | 10.881 | 11.183 | 11.819 | 12.012 | 12.483 |
CS-IDW | 10.999 | 11.208 | 11.808 | 12.019 | 12.486 | |
OS-IDWW | 10.887 | 11.186 | 11.751 | 12.015 | 12.253 | |
Maximum | OS-IDW | 18.513 | 18.412 | 18.338 | 18.296 | 18.360 |
CS-IDW | 19.020 | 19.020 | 19.020 | 18.674 | 18.465 | |
OS-IDWW | 18.513 | 18.643 | 18.549 | 18.629 | 18.844 | |
Mean | OS-IDW | 15.481 | 15.474 | 15.490 | 15.496 | 15.492 |
CS-IDW | 15.570 | 15.575 | 15.599 | 15.594 | 15.619 | |
OS-IDWW | 15.489 | 15.478 | 15.492 | 15.499 | 15.505 | |
Variance | OS-IDW | 1.314 | 1.181 | 1.097 | 0.995 | 0.866 |
CS-IDW | 1.344 | 1.143 | 1.062 | 0.950 | 0.896 | |
OS-IDWW | 1.337 | 1.194 | 1.110 | 0.998 | 0.919 | |
Standard deviation | OS-IDW | 1.146 | 1.087 | 1.047 | 0.998 | 0.930 |
CS-IDW | 1.159 | 1.069 | 1.030 | 0.975 | 0.947 | |
OS-IDWW | 1.156 | 1.093 | 1.054 | 0.999 | 0.959 | |
Median | OS-IDW | 15.300 | 15.352 | 15.336 | 15.285 | 15.321 |
CS-IDW | 15.397 | 15.409 | 15.426 | 15.422 | 15.446 | |
OS-IDWW | 15.322 | 15.349 | 15.337 | 15.285 | 15.321 | |
Kurtosis | OS-IDW | 0.0646 | 0.2384 | 0.3238 | 0.6286 | 0.7290 |
CS-IDW | −0.071 | −0.065 | 0.042 | 0.302 | 0.538 | |
OS-IDWW | 0.0934 | 0.2425 | 0.3394 | 0.6112 | 0.8520 | |
Skewness | OS-IDW | 3.0789 | 3.2096 | 2.6931 | 2.4589 | 1.9065 |
CS-IDW | 2.665 | 3.231 | 2.885 | 2.441 | 1.900 | |
OS-IDWW | 3.0280 | 3.1291 | 2.6486 | 2.4479 | 2.2796 | |
Variation coefficient | OS-IDW | 0.0741 | 0.0702 | 0.0676 | 0.0644 | 0.0601 |
CS-IDW | 0.074 | 0.069 | 0.066 | 0.063 | 0.061 | |
OS-IDWW | 0.0746 | 0.0706 | 0.0680 | 0.0645 | 0.0618 | |