Re: [Phys-L] Statistics question

["David Marx" <marx@phy.ilstu.edu>]

I would choose the full width at half-max over the shorthand half-width.  The former is more
descriptive.  If there is a peak in a data set, one would measure the width of the peak at one-half the
maximum value for the peak.



On 24 Aug 2012 at 13:35, Paul Nord wrote:

> Do you say "half-width" or Full Width at Half Max (FWHM)?  And what does it mean?
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