probable error
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Trigonometrical Surveys in India, to be in probable error to the following extent: Present SurveyValue of Height Most probableValue.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
The law has therefore done much service in indicating probable error.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by William McPherson
In explanation of Warton's probable error two extenuating facts should be remembered.
From A History of English Poetry: an Unpublished Continuation by Thomas Warton
On an approximate method of computing probable error.
From United States Government Publications, v. 8 Jan-Jun 1892 A Monthly Catalog by Compiled
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 Ellsworth Huntington
