[email protected] said: > It is not impossible that for a sample of 100,000 secondary > standards, that the errors would be all be off in the same direction, > compared to the standard's value.
> Now, granted, this would be a small probability indeed. But it is > possible to toss a coin fifty times and have fifty "heads". The smart > bet is that it won't. You need to consider systematic errors. 50 heads is simple if you are using a 2 headed coin. Yes, that's an extreme example. But consider 100,000 pendulums that are all right-on and then the temperature changes. -- These are my opinions, not necessarily my employer's. I hate spam. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
