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[Rivet] Rivet "collaboration meeting"?David Grellscheid david.grellscheid at durham.ac.ukTue May 21 16:00:51 BST 2013
> We calculate the error on a given bin as something like > s^2 = sum(w^2)/n^2, cf. > Why is this not using the normal variance a la > s^2 = 1/(n-1) <(w-<w>)^2> > = 1/(n-1) (<w^2> - <w>^2) > = 1/(n-1) (sum(w^2)/n - sum(w)^2/n^2) Simon pointed this out to me last week, too, saying that for low-filled bins the current value is way off. We need to look at that again. David
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