probable error
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A correlation coefficient four times the probable error, which can always be determined by a formula well known to mathematicians, is generally considered to afford evidence of some kind of relation between two phenomena.
From Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes by Huntington, Ellsworth
On an approximate method of computing probable error.
From United States Government Publications, v. 8 Jan-Jun 1892 A Monthly Catalog by Compiled
Connected with the coefficient of correlation, usually, is a figure for "probable error," which depends, primarily, on the square root of the number of observations.
From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.
The probable error was about �0.8 μ, and the day’s work a distance of about 2000 m.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
The probable error of a single observation of a fine object with this theodolite is about 0″.2.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
