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is Inference After fitting a model to the data and validating it, scientific or engineering questions about the process are usually answered by computing statistical intervals for relevant process quantities using normal distribution of error the model. These intervals give the range of plausible values for the process gaussian distribution error function parameters based on the data and the underlying assumptions about the process. Because of the statistical nature of the
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process, however, the intervals cannot always be guaranteed to include the true process parameters and still be narrow enough to be useful. Instead the intervals have a probabilistic interpretation that guarantees
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coverage of the true process parameters a specified proportion of the time. In order for these intervals to truly have their specified probabilistic interpretations, the form of the distribution of the random errors must be known. Although the form of the probability distribution must be known, the parameters of the distribution can be estimated from the data. Of course the random errors from different normally distributed errors regression types of processes could be described by any one of a wide range of different probability distributions in general, including the uniform, triangular, double exponential, binomial and Poisson distributions. With most process modeling methods, however, inferences about the process are based on the idea that the random errors are drawn from a normal distribution. One reason this is done is because the normal distribution often describes the actual distribution of the random errors in real-world processes reasonably well. The normal distribution is also used because the mathematical theory behind it is well-developed and supports a broad array of inferences on functions of the data relevant to different types of questions about the process. Non-Normal Random Errors May Result in Incorrect Inferences Of course, if it turns out that the random errors in the process are not normally distributed, then any inferences made about the process may be incorrect. If the true distribution of the random errors is such that the scatter in the data is less than it would be under a normal distribution, it is possible that the intervals used to capture the values of the proce
of causes of random errors are: electronic noise in the circuit of an electrical instrument, irregular changes in the heat loss rate from a solar collector due to changes in the wind. Random errors often have a Gaussian
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normal distribution (see Fig. 2). In such cases statistical methods may be used to standard error normal distribution analyze the data. The mean m of a number of measurements of the same quantity is the best estimate of that gaussian and normal error distribution pdf quantity, and the standard deviation s of the measurements shows the accuracy of the estimate. The standard error of the estimate m is s/sqrt(n), where n is the number of measurements. Fig. 2. The Gaussian http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/pmd/section2/pmd214.htm normal distribution. m = mean of measurements. s = standard deviation of measurements. 68% of the measurements lie in the interval m - s < x < m + s; 95% lie within m - 2s < x < m + 2s; and 99.7% lie within m - 3s < x < m + 3s. The precision of a measurement is how close a number of measurements of the same quantity http://www.physics.umd.edu/courses/Phys276/Hill/Information/Notes/ErrorAnalysis.html agree with each other. The precision is limited by the random errors. It may usually be determined by repeating the measurements. Systematic Errors Systematic errors in experimental observations usually come from the measuring instruments. They may occur because: there is something wrong with the instrument or its data handling system, or because the instrument is wrongly used by the experimenter. Two types of systematic error can occur with instruments having a linear response: Offset or zero setting error in which the instrument does not read zero when the quantity to be measured is zero. Multiplier or scale factor error in which the instrument consistently reads changes in the quantity to be measured greater or less than the actual changes. These errors are shown in Fig. 1. Systematic errors also occur with non-linear instruments when the calibration of the instrument is not known correctly. Fig. 1. Systematic errors in a linear instrument (full line). Broken line shows response of an ideal instrument without error. Examples of systematic errors caused by the wrong use of instruments are: errors in measurements of temperature due to poor thermal contact between the thermometer and the substance whose temperature is to be found, errors in measurements of solar radiation because trees or buildings shade the radiomete
proportion of samples that would fall between 0, 1, 2, and 3 standard deviations above and below the actual value. The standard error (SE) is the standard deviation of the sampling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_error distribution of a statistic,[1] most commonly of the mean. The term may also be used to refer to an estimate of that standard deviation, derived from a particular sample used to compute the estimate. For example, the sample mean is the usual estimator of a population mean. However, different samples drawn from that same population would in general have different values of the sample mean, so normal distribution there is a distribution of sampled means (with its own mean and variance). The standard error of the mean (SEM) (i.e., of using the sample mean as a method of estimating the population mean) is the standard deviation of those sample means over all possible samples (of a given size) drawn from the population. Secondly, the standard error of the mean can refer to an estimate normal distribution of of that standard deviation, computed from the sample of data being analyzed at the time. In regression analysis, the term "standard error" is also used in the phrase standard error of the regression to mean the ordinary least squares estimate of the standard deviation of the underlying errors.[2][3] Contents 1 Introduction to the standard error 1.1 Standard error of the mean (SEM) 1.1.1 Sampling from a distribution with a large standard deviation 1.1.2 Sampling from a distribution with a small standard deviation 1.1.3 Larger sample sizes give smaller standard errors 1.1.4 Using a sample to estimate the standard error 2 Standard error of the mean 3 Student approximation when σ value is unknown 4 Assumptions and usage 4.1 Standard error of mean versus standard deviation 5 Correction for finite population 6 Correction for correlation in the sample 7 Relative standard error 8 See also 9 References Introduction to the standard error[edit] The standard error is a quantitative measure of uncertainty. Consider the following scenarios. Scenario 1. For an upcoming national election, 2000 voters are chosen at random and asked if they will vote for candidate A or candidate B. Of the 2000 voters, 1040 (52%) state