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I especially like his statements about *labeling* what type of errorMichael,
is being reported. A similar problem arises in distinguishing between
the sample standard deviation, and the standard error of the mean.
When a person reports the result of several measurements and indicates
the result in the format 3.45 +- 0.03, what is the meaning of this
number? Is it the standard deviation, or is it the standard error of
the mean, or something else? I think several different meanings are
commonly used, and the only way for the reader to know is for the
writer to specify.