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I want to tell my students:
"The results of your measurement should be reported in the form:
x = average of all the x-values ± systematic error ± statistical error."
Not that it really matters, but is that the right order or is it:
statistical error ± systematic error? Or is there no "right" order?
This is pretty embarrassing - obviously I don't DO physics
anymore :-(
Dr. William J. Larson
Bill_Larson@csi.com
Institut Monte Rosa
Montreux, Switzerland
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<DIV align=justify>I want to tell my students:</DIV>
<DIV align=justify>"The results of your measurement should be reported in the
form:</DIV>
<DIV align=justify>x = average of all the x-values ± systematic error ±
statistical error."</DIV>
<DIV align=justify> </DIV>
<DIV align=justify>Not that it really matters, but is that the right order or is
it:</DIV>
<DIV align=justify>statistical error ± systematic error? Or is there no "right"
order?</DIV>
<DIV align=justify> </DIV>
<DIV align=justify>This is pretty embarrassing - obviously I don't DO physics
</DIV>
<DIV align=justify>anymore :-(</DIV>
<DIV align=justify> </DIV>
<DIV align=justify>Dr. William J. Larson<BR><A
href="mailto:Bill_Larson@csi.com">Bill_Larson@csi.com</A><BR>Institut Monte
Rosa<BR>Montreux, Switzerland<BR></DIV>
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