probable error
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These differences are very small; an elaborate investigation of all sources of error shows that the probable error of a base line in India is on the average �2.8 μ.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
Then among the foothills of the Sierras at Colfax, the coefficient drops till it is scarcely larger than the probable error.
From Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes by Huntington, Ellsworth
With the small number of cases involved the probable error is too great to allow either of these measures as indicative of relationship.
From Adenoids and Diseased Tonsils Their Effect on General Intelligence by Rogers, Margaret Cobb
On an approximate method of computing probable error.
From United States Government Publications, v. 8 Jan-Jun 1892 A Monthly Catalog by Compiled
The precipitation of two preceding seasons, however, has some effect on the trees, as appears in the second line of Section A, where the correlation coefficient is +0.288, or 3.2 times the probable error.
From Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes by Huntington, Ellsworth
