Uncertainty and the mean and standard deviation

e2m2a · Jul 29, 2009

I am an independent researcher ready to compile data from an experiment. I have a set of measurements that include the uncertainties of measurement. If I calculate the mean for the set (and thus the standard deviation) do I need to include the uncertainties when doing this calculation?

EnumaElish · Aug 6, 2009

No, you do not want to include the measurement errors, as long as these are random errors.

John Creighto · Aug 6, 2009

EnumaElish said:

No, you do not want to include the measurement errors, as long as these are random errors.

Why not?

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