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Re: [Phys-l] calibration



On Aug 7, 2007, at 9:18 PM, Al Bachman wrote:

5. In the particular example, the standard value of r @ p=0 was omitted. Why?

Yes, one extra calibration point would help to reduce the uncertainty in subsequent inferences. The choice to illustrate the problem with six data points, rather than seven or five, was arbitrary.
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