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    <h1>Calculate the minimum error to assume in order to pass the variance test</h1>
    <small class="dont-index">Source: <a href="https://github.com/jranke/mkin/blob/HEAD/R/mkinerrmin.R" class="external-link"><code>R/mkinerrmin.R</code></a></small>
    <div class="hidden name"><code>mkinerrmin.Rd</code></div>
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    <div class="ref-description">
    <p>This function finds the smallest relative error still resulting in passing
the chi-squared test as defined in the FOCUS kinetics report from 2006.</p>
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    <div id="ref-usage">
    <div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode r"><code><span><span class="fu">mkinerrmin</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">fit</span>, alpha <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fl">0.05</span><span class="op">)</span></span></code></pre></div>
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    <div id="arguments">
    <h2>Arguments</h2>
    <dl><dt>fit</dt>
<dd><p>an object of class <code><a href="mkinfit.html">mkinfit</a></code>.</p></dd>


<dt>alpha</dt>
<dd><p>The confidence level chosen for the chi-squared test.</p></dd>

</dl></div>
    <div id="value">
    <h2>Value</h2>
    

<p>A dataframe with the following components:</p>
<dl><dt>err.min</dt>
<dd><p>The
relative error, expressed as a fraction.</p></dd>
 <dt>n.optim</dt>
<dd><p>The number of
optimised parameters attributed to the data series.</p></dd>
 <dt>df</dt>
<dd><p>The number of
remaining degrees of freedom for the chi2 error level calculations.  Note
that mean values are used for the chi2 statistic and therefore every time
point with observed values in the series only counts one time.</p></dd>
</dl><p>The
dataframe has one row for the total dataset and one further row for each
observed state variable in the model.</p>
    </div>
    <div id="details">
    <h2>Details</h2>
    <p>This function is used internally by <code><a href="summary.mkinfit.html">summary.mkinfit</a></code>.</p>
    </div>
    <div id="references">
    <h2>References</h2>
    <p>FOCUS (2006) “Guidance Document on Estimating Persistence
and Degradation Kinetics from Environmental Fate Studies on Pesticides in EU
Registration” Report of the FOCUS Work Group on Degradation Kinetics, EC
Document Reference Sanco/10058/2005 version 2.0, 434 pp,
<a href="http://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/projects/degradation-kinetics" class="external-link">http://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/projects/degradation-kinetics</a></p>
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    <div id="ref-examples">
    <h2>Examples</h2>
    <div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode r"><code><span class="r-in"><span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="va">SFO_SFO</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fu"><a href="mkinmod.html">mkinmod</a></span><span class="op">(</span>parent <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fu"><a href="mkinmod.html">mkinsub</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="st">"SFO"</span>, to <span class="op">=</span> <span class="st">"m1"</span><span class="op">)</span>,</span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>                  m1 <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fu"><a href="mkinmod.html">mkinsub</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="st">"SFO"</span><span class="op">)</span>,</span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>                  use_of_ff <span class="op">=</span> <span class="st">"max"</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-msg co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> Temporary DLL for differentials generated and loaded</span>
<span class="r-in"><span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="va">fit_FOCUS_D</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fu"><a href="mkinfit.html">mkinfit</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">SFO_SFO</span>, <span class="va">FOCUS_2006_D</span>, quiet <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">TRUE</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-wrn co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span class="warning">Warning: </span>Observations with value of zero were removed from the data</span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/Round.html" class="external-link">round</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="fu">mkinerrmin</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">fit_FOCUS_D</span><span class="op">)</span>, <span class="fl">4</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span>          err.min n.optim df</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> All data  0.0640       4 15</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> parent    0.0646       2  7</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> m1        0.0469       2  8</span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="co"># \dontrun{</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>  <span class="va">fit_FOCUS_E</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fu"><a href="mkinfit.html">mkinfit</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">SFO_SFO</span>, <span class="va">FOCUS_2006_E</span>, quiet <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">TRUE</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>  <span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/Round.html" class="external-link">round</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="fu">mkinerrmin</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">fit_FOCUS_E</span><span class="op">)</span>, <span class="fl">4</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span>          err.min n.optim df</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> All data  0.1544       4 13</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> parent    0.1659       2  7</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> m1        0.1095       2  6</span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="co"># }</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span></span></span>
</code></pre></div>
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