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Re: Real accuracy of the method of lunar distances
From: Jan Kalivoda
Date: 2003 Dec 31, 12:20 +0100
From: Jan Kalivoda
Date: 2003 Dec 31, 12:20 +0100
No, Fred, Errors reported in my posting were given for averaged measurements from six shots in every case. Each such average was taken as the *single* observation and the error was compared with the corrected chronometer time only for this average, not for each of six original shots. Therefore, no error referred to in my posting can be divided by the square root of six, as you propose (as if you search for the standard error of the mean from the set of six measurements). Yours, Jan Kalivoda