(一)《理化检验通讯》编辑部:我们同意周同志的意见,因为他提出的意见(见本刊1968年第一期)是合理的,理由详附件。我们认为均方根误差公式前不冠正负号是合理的。我们认为,到目前为止,在国内外杂志上所发表的分析化学论文中,有关数理统计在分析化学中的应用方面概念是相当混乱的。例如误差和偏差,误差和分 (1) Editorial Department of Physics, Chemistry and Testing Laboratory: We agree with Comrade Zhou because his opinion (see the first issue of the journal of 1968) is reasonable and the reason is attached as an attachment. We think it is reasonable for the root mean square error before the formula sign. In our opinion, so far, in the analytical chemistry papers published in magazines both at home and abroad, the notion of mathematical statistics used in analytical chemistry is rather confusing. Such as errors and deviations, errors and scores