FIELD X 

 Columns 69 and 70 



FIELD Y 

 Column 71 



FIELD X: THE CRITERION FOR EVALUATION OF THE 

 TEST COMPOUND'S BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY 



FIELD Y: THE EVALUATION OF THE TEST COMPOUND'S 

 BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY (RELATIVE TO THE 

 SPECIFIC BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE) 



Field X 



Columns 69 and 70 



Field Y 

 Column 71 



Note: When the data are negative (when the test compound 

 did not cause to any statistically significant degree the 

 specific response coded in Field T), coding in Field X is 

 limited to one of three criteria, 01, 02, or 62 (coded with 

 Symbol 1 in Field Y). When the response coded in Field T 

 is caused by the test compound, any appropriate criterion 

 can be used (including any of 01, 02, or 62 used with 

 Field Y symbols other than 1). 



01 Author's statement of evaluation (i. e. , 

 author's verbal evaluation). Coder's 

 general evaluation (in absence of any 

 quantitative data and of author's state- 

 ment of evaluation). 



Note: Do not use this criterion if 

 quantitative data allow any other criterion 

 of Field X to be used. 



1 "Inactive": inactivity, including any 

 measure which suggests activity but 

 which the author does not interpret as 

 actually being positive response due 

 to the method of measurement being 

 too coarse. (Refer to the Key. ) 



3 " Slight activity "; used for demonstrated 

 positive responses even though they may 

 happen to be too low to be considered by 

 the author as "significant" for a practical 

 application . (Refer to the Key. ) 



5 " Moderate ", "Intermediate" (i. e. , more 



than "slight", but less than "fair", "good", 

 "satisfactory", etc. ) 



7 " Fair ", "good", "satisfactory" (i. e. , 



more than "moderate", or "interm.ediate", 

 but less than "severe", "high", etc. ) 



"Severe", "high", "intense", "excellent' 

 etc. 



Positive response of unspecified degree. 



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