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  2. Significant figures - Wikipedia

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    If there is a need to write the implied uncertainty of a number, then it can be written as with stating it as the implied uncertainty (to prevent readers from recognizing it as the measurement uncertainty), where x and σ x are the number with an extra zero digit (to follow the rules to write uncertainty above) and the implied uncertainty of it ...

  3. Experimental uncertainty analysis - Wikipedia

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    The variance, or width of the PDF, does become smaller with increasing n, and the PDF also becomes more symmetric. In Figure 7 are the PDFs for Method 1, and it is seen that the means converge toward the correct g value of 9.8 m/s 2 as the number of measurements increases, and the variance also decreases.

  4. Probability bounds analysis - Wikipedia

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    Probability bounds analysis gives the same answer as interval analysis does when only range information is available. It also gives the same answers as Monte Carlo simulation does when information is abundant enough to precisely specify input distributions and their dependencies. Thus, it is a generalization of both interval analysis and ...

  5. Standard error - Wikipedia

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    With n = 2, the underestimate is about 25%, but for n = 6, the underestimate is only 5%. Gurland and Tripathi (1971) provide a correction and equation for this effect. [ 4 ] Sokal and Rohlf (1981) give an equation of the correction factor for small samples of n < 20. [ 5 ]

  6. Propagation of uncertainty - Wikipedia

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    Any non-linear differentiable function, (,), of two variables, and , can be expanded as + +. If we take the variance on both sides and use the formula [11] for the variance of a linear combination of variables ⁡ (+) = ⁡ + ⁡ + ⁡ (,), then we obtain | | + | | +, where is the standard deviation of the function , is the standard deviation of , is the standard deviation of and = is the ...

  7. A Treatise on Probability - Wikipedia

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    The significance of 'true' uncertainty beyond mere precise probabilities had already been highlighted by Frank Knight [76] and the additional insights of Keynes tended to be overlooked. [ notes 25 ] From the late 60s onwards even this limited aspect began to be less appreciated by economists, and was even disregarded or discounted by many ...

  8. SigFig - Wikipedia

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    Significant figures, the digits of a number that carry meaning contributing to its measurement resolution Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title SigFig .

  9. Dempster–Shafer theory - Wikipedia

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    Arthur P. Dempster at the Workshop on Theory of Belief Functions (Brest, 1 April 2010).. The theory of belief functions, also referred to as evidence theory or Dempster–Shafer theory (DST), is a general framework for reasoning with uncertainty, with understood connections to other frameworks such as probability, possibility and imprecise probability theories.