ProUCL 5.1 User Guide - EPA

1 ProUCL Version user Guide Statistical Software for Environmental Applications for Data Sets with and without Nondetect Observations R E S E A R C H A N D D E V E L O P M E N T 2 Notice: Although this work was reviewed by EPA and approved for publication, it may not necessarily reflect official Agency policy. Mention of trade names and commercial products does not constitute endorsement or recommendation for use. 129cmb07 ProUCL Version user Guide Statistical Software for Environmental Applications for Data Sets with and without Nondetect Observations Prepared for: Felicia Barnett, Director ORD Site Characterization and Monitoring Technical Support Center (SCMTSC) Superfund and Technology Liaison, Region 4 Environmental Protection Agency 61 Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta, GA 30303 Prepared by: Anita Singh, and Robert Maichle Lockheed Martin/SERAS IS&GS-CIVIL 2890 Woodbridge Ave Edison NJ 08837 EPA/600/R-07/041 October 2015 Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development Washington, DC 20460 1 NOTICE The United States Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA) through its Office of Research and Development (ORD) funded and managed the research described in ProUCL Technical Guide and methods incorporated in the ProUCL software.

2 It has been peer reviewed by the EPA and approved for publication. Mention of trade names or commercial products does not constitute endorsement or recommendation by the EPA for use. All versions of the ProUCL software including the current version ProUCL have been developed by Lockheed Martin, IS&GS - CIVIL under the Science, Engineering, Response and Analytical contract with the EPA and is made available through the EPA Technical Support Center (TSC) in Atlanta, Georgia (GA). Use of any portion of ProUCL that does not comply with the ProUCL Technical Guide is not recommended. ProUCL contains embedded licensed software. Any modification of the ProUCL source code may violate the embedded licensed software agreements and is expressly forbidden. ProUCL software provided by the EPA was scanned with McAfee VirusScan version SP1 and is certified free of viruses.

3 With respect to ProUCL distributed software and documentation, neither the EPA nor any of their employees, assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed. Furthermore, software and documentation are supplied as-is without guarantee or warranty, expressed or implied, including without limitation, any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a specific purpose. ProUCL software is a statistical software package providing statistical methods described in various EPA guidance documents. ProUCL does not describe EPA policies and should not be considered to represent EPA policies. 2 Minimum Hardware Requirements ProUCL will function but will run slowly and page a lot. Intel Pentium gigahertz (GHz) 45 MB of hard drive space 512 MB of memory (RAM) CD-ROM drive or internet connection Windows XP (with SP3), Vista (with SP1 or later), and Windows 7.

4 ProUCL will function but some titles and some Graphical user Interfaces (GUIs) will need to be scrolled. Definition without color will be marginal. 800 by 600 Pixels Basic Color is preferred Preferred Hardware Requirements 1 GHz or faster Processor. 1 gigabyte (GB) of memory (RAM) 1024 by 768 Pixels or greater color display Software Requirements ProUCL has been developed in the Microsoft .NET Framework using the C# programming language. To properly run ProUCL software, the computer using the program must have the .NET Framework pre-installed. The downloadable .NET Framework files can be obtained from one of the following websites: Quicker site for 32 Bit Operating systems Use this site if you have a 64 Bit operating system 3 Installation Instructions when Downloading ProUCL from the EPA Web Site Download the file from the EPA Web site and save to a temporary location.

5 Run the program. This will create a ProUCL directory and two folders: 1) The user Guide (this document), and 2) DATA (example data sets). To run the program, use Windows Explorer to locate the ProUCL application file, and Double click on it, or use the RUN command from the start menu to locate the file, and run To uninstall the program, use Windows Explorer to locate and delete the ProUCL folder. Caution: If you have previous versions of the ProUCL , which were installed on your computer, you should remove or rename the directory in which earlier ProUCL versions are currently located. Installation Instructions when Copying ProUCL from a CD Create a folder named ProUCL on a local hard drive of the machine you wish to install ProUCL Extract the zipped file to the folder you have just created. Run Note: If you have extension turned off, the program will show with the name ProUCL in your directory and have an Icon with the label ProUCL .

6 Creating a Shortcut for ProUCL on Desktop To create a shortcut of the ProUCL program on your desktop, go to your ProUCL directory and right click on the executable program and send it to desktop. A ProUCL icon will be displayed on your desktop. This shortcut will point to the ProUCL directory consisting of all files required to execute ProUCL Caution: Because all files in your ProUCL directory are needed to execute the ProUCL software, one needs to generate a shortcut using the process described above. Simply dragging the ProUCL executable file from Window Explorer onto your desktop will not work successfully (an error message will appear) as all files needed to run the software are not available on your desktop. Your shortcut should point to the directory path with all required ProUCL files. 4 ProUCL Software ProUCL version ( ProUCL ), its earlier versions: ProUCL version , , , , , , and ProUCL , associated Facts Sheet, user Guides and Technical Guides ( , EPA 2010a, 2010b, 2013a, 2013b) can be downloaded from the following EPA website: Material for ProUCL webinars offered in March 2011, and relevant literature used in the development of various ProUCL versions can also be downloaded from the above EPA website.

7 Contact Information for all Versions of ProUCL Since 1999, the ProUCL software has been developed under the direction of the Technical Support Center (TSC). As of November 2007, the direction of the TSC is transferred from Brian Schumacher to Felicia Barnett. Therefore, any comments or questions concerning all versions of ProUCL software should be addressed to: Felicia Barnett, Director ORD Site Characterization and Monitoring Technical Support Center (SCMTSC) Superfund and Technology Liaison, Region 4 Environmental Protection Agency 61 Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta, GA 30303-8960 (404)562-8659 Fax: (404) 562-8439 5 Getting Started The look and feel of ProUCL is similar to that of ProUCL ; and they share the same names for modules and drop-down menus. The functionality and the use of the methods and options available in ProUCL have been illustrated using Screen shots of output screens generated by ProUCL ProUCL uses a pull-down menu structure, similar to a typical Windows program.

8 For modules where no changes have been made in ProUCL since 2010 ( , Sample Sizes), screen shots as used in ProUCL documents have been used in ProUCL documents. Some of the screen shots generated using ProUCL might have ProUCL in their titles as those screen shots have not been re-generated and replaced. The screen shown below appears when the program is executed. The above screen consists of three main window panels: The MAIN WINDOW displays data sheets and outputs results from the procedure used. The NAVIGATION PANEL displays the name of data sets and all generated outputs. o The navigation panel can hold up to 40 output files. In order to see more files (data files or generated output files), one can click on Widow Option. o In the NAVIGATION PANEL, ProUCL assigns self explanatory names to output files generated using the various modules of ProUCL .

9 If the same module ( , Time Series Plot) is used many times, ProUCL identifies them by using letters a, b, c,..and so on as shown below. Main Window Navigation Panel Log Panel 6 o The user may want to assign names of his choice to these output files when saving them using the "Save" or "Save As" Options. The LOG PANEL displays transactions in green, warning messages in orange, and errors in red. For an example, when one attempts to run a procedure meant for left-censored data sets on a full-uncensored data set, ProUCL will output a warning in orange in this panel. o Should both panels be unnecessary, you can choose Configure Panel ON/OFF. The use of this option gives extra space to see and print out the statistics of interest. For example, one may want to turn off these panels when multiple variables ( , multiple quantile-quantile [Q-Q] plots) are analyzed and goodness-of-fit (GOF) statistics and other statistics may need to be captured for all of the selected variables.

10 The following screen was generated using ProUCL An identical screen will be generated using ProUCL with title name as ProUCL - [ ]. 7 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The main objective of the ProUCL software funded by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to compute rigorous statistics to help decision makers and project teams in making good decisions at a polluted site which are cost-effective, and protective of human health and the environment. The ProUCL software is based upon the philosophy that rigorous statistical methods can be used to compute reliable estimates of population parameters and decision making statistics including: the upper confidence limit (UCL) of the mean, the upper tolerance limit (UTL), and the upper prediction limit (UPL) to help decision makers and project teams in making correct decisions.