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Statistical Descriptors in Crystallography
Topics
Basic notions
Uncertainty of measurement
Refinement
Refinement on
I
, |
F
|
2
or |
F
|?
Defects in the model
Weighting schemes
Weights of averaged intensities
Weights based on the model
Restraints
Enhancing particular features
Recommendations
Ancillary material
Preface
Historical background
1989 Report - Abstract and authors
1995 Report - Abstract and authors
References
Glossary of statistical terms
Accuracy
Average
Bayesian
Bias
Combined standard uncertainty
Conditional probability density function
Correlation
Covariance
Cumulative distribution function
Degrees of freedom
Deviance
Deviate
Durbin-Watson
d
statistic
Error
Estimate
Estimated standard deviation
Estimator
Expected value
Gaussian
Goodness of fit
Maximum likelihood
Mean
Measurand
Measurement
Model
Moment
Normal (Gaussian) probability density function
Normal probability plot
Order statistic
Parameter
Population
Precision
Probability density function
Random error
Random variable
Repeatability
Reproducibility
Residual
Sample
Scaled deviance
Standard deviation
Standard uncertainty
Systematic error
Type A evaluation of uncertainty
Type B evaluation of uncertainty
Unbiased
Uncertainty (of measurement)
Variance
Variance-covariance matrix
Weight
Weighted deviance
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