Gaussian Error Propagation Lab
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propagation of error) is the effect of variables' uncertainties (or errors, more specifically random errors) on the uncertainty of a function based on them. When the variables are the values of
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experimental measurements they have uncertainties due to measurement limitations (e.g., instrument precision) error propagation physics which propagate to the combination of variables in the function. The uncertainty u can be expressed in a error propagation calculator number of ways. It may be defined by the absolute error Δx. Uncertainties can also be defined by the relative error (Δx)/x, which is usually written as a percentage. Most commonly,
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the uncertainty on a quantity is quantified in terms of the standard deviation, σ, the positive square root of variance, σ2. The value of a quantity and its error are then expressed as an interval x ± u. If the statistical probability distribution of the variable is known or can be assumed, it is possible to derive confidence limits to describe the
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region within which the true value of the variable may be found. For example, the 68% confidence limits for a one-dimensional variable belonging to a normal distribution are ± one standard deviation from the value, that is, there is approximately a 68% probability that the true value lies in the region x ± σ. If the uncertainties are correlated then covariance must be taken into account. Correlation can arise from two different sources. First, the measurement errors may be correlated. Second, when the underlying values are correlated across a population, the uncertainties in the group averages will be correlated.[1] Contents 1 Linear combinations 2 Non-linear combinations 2.1 Simplification 2.2 Example 2.3 Caveats and warnings 2.3.1 Reciprocal 2.3.2 Shifted reciprocal 3 Example formulas 4 Example calculations 4.1 Inverse tangent function 4.2 Resistance measurement 5 See also 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External links Linear combinations[edit] Let { f k ( x 1 , x 2 , … , x n ) } {\displaystyle \ ρ 5(x_ ρ 4,x_ ρ 3,\dots ,x_ ρ 2)\}} be a set of m functions which are linear co
have the formula Y = (A-B)/m where A and B are averages from samples with sizes nA and nB, and m is a "slope" determined from a linear regression from q points. error propagation reciprocal There are standard errors given for A, B and m (sA,sB,sm). I can
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calculate the standard error of Y by error-propagation as sY = 1/m * sqrt( (sm)²*(A-B)/m² + (sA)² + (sB)² error propagation definition ) Now I want to get a confidence interval for Y, so I need the degrees of freedom for the t-quantile. A rough guess would be nA+nB+q-3. However, somehow I doubt this, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propagation_of_uncertainty because if m would be known theoretically, sY would be simply sqrt ( (sA)²+(sB)² ) with nA+nB-2 d.f. - But when m would be known because q -> Infinity, then sm->0 and sY -> sqrt( (sA)² + (sB)² ) but, following the guess above, with infinitely many d.f. (df = nA + nB + Infinity - 3). Both cannot be correct at the same time. https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_to_calculate_error_propagation So what is the correct way to get the d.f. and, hence, the confidence interval for Y? (please assume that the errors of A, B and m are all normally distributed; please do not discuss alternatives to or applicabilities and problems of confidence intervals. You may well assume that this is a stupid question, because I may have overlooked some simple fact or made a wrong derivation... this can easily be the case, and I still would be thankful for any help) Thanks! Topics Statistical Inference × 78 Questions 297 Followers Follow Estimation × 414 Questions 231 Followers Follow Confidence Intervals × 178 Questions 59 Followers Follow Error propagation × Topic pending review Follow Statistics × 2,262 Questions 90,654 Followers Follow Apr 1, 2014 Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Google+ 1 / 0 All Answers (11) Fabrice Clerot · Orange Labs . if A, B and m can be assumed normal, the distribution of Y is known (and known to be ugly ! see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratio_distribution ) which leads to a straigtforward numerical computation of the CI but this does not help with these degrees of freedom ! . Apr 1, 2014 Joche
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