Error distribution

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error distribution

The probability distribution of random errors, typically a normal distribution with a zero mean; that is,
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where v is the random error, and σ is the standard deviation of v (in this connection, σ is commonly called the standard error); f(v) denotes the error distribution (
or normal curve of error).


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