Spectroscopic methods such as near infrared (NIR) for content uniformity (CU) allow the measurement of significantly more dosage units per batch than required by traditional pharmacopoeial testing of 10 to 30 units. Sandell et al. proposed a nonparametric counting test for sample sizes greater than 100. There are manufacturing situations such as small batch sizes or restrictions due to sampling equipment that will yield medium sample sizes between 30 and 100 units per batch. This work provides alternative CU tests for medium sample sizes.
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