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Another handy reference on error analysis is Barry, B. A. 1978. Errors in
practical measurement in science, engineering, and technology. Wiley, N.Y.




At 12:04 PM 2/12/1998 +0200, you wrote:
>    Robin,
>        I'm sure others out here can explain it better than I can
>bit it's a statisical method of obtaining an estimate for the overall
>error in a mathematical function, when one or more components has a
>measurement error ( i.e. +/-). Therefore the overall result will have an
>error corresponding to the "propagate" of those individual errors.
>    You could look up the chapters on Statistical Evaluation of Data
>in Analytical Chemistry.An Introduction , by A.D. Skoog, F.J. Holler and
>D.M West,  Saunders College Publishing.
>    Good Luck!
>
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>Amer Al-Nimr
>Department of Biology
>Box 11-0236/2013
>American University
>Beirut-Lebanon
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>On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, Robin Bingham wrote:
>
>> Can anyone explain "error propagation"?  Apparently this method is used to
>> obtain a variance for a ratio.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Robin
>>
>> Robin Bingham
>> Biology Program
>> Western State College
>> Gunnison, CO  81231
>> 970-943-3355
>> rbingham@western.edu
>>
>> "Nobody sees a flower, really -- it is so small -- we haven't time, and to
>> see takes time, like to have a friend takes time."
>>
>>                                         --Georgia O'Keeffe
>>
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