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In many of the sciences there is no means of ensuring absolute accuracy in the measurement of a particular quantity. The difficulty can to some extent be overcome by making several independent sets of observations and by combining these to give the most probable result.

Table of Contents

1. Frequency Distribution; 2. Errors of Observation and the Principles of Least Squares; 3. Probability and the Normal Law; 4. Measures of Precision; 5. Measures of Precision for Weighted Observations; 6. Equations of Condition in Several Unknowns; 7. Theoretical Frequency Distributions; 8. Correction of Statistics; 9. Correlation.

Combination of Observations

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      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 11 January 2009
      ISBN-13 9780521096096
      978-0521096096
      ISBN-10 052109609X

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      In many of the sciences there is no means of ensuring absolute accuracy in the measurement of a particular quantity. The difficulty can to some extent be overcome by making several independent sets of observations and by combining these to give the most probable result.

      Table of Contents

      1. Frequency Distribution; 2. Errors of Observation and the Principles of Least Squares; 3. Probability and the Normal Law; 4. Measures of Precision; 5. Measures of Precision for Weighted Observations; 6. Equations of Condition in Several Unknowns; 7. Theoretical Frequency Distributions; 8. Correction of Statistics; 9. Correlation.

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