Questions tagged [standard-error]
For basic questions in statistics involving the properties or use of standard error of the sample points present in a simple random sample.
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Correcting bias in covariance between a random variable and linear regression slopes from a finite sample
Note that I am performing a linear regression of a predictor variable $x_{i}$ with $i \in (1, 2 ..,m)$ on a response variable $y$ in a finite population of size $N_{t}$. Since the linear regression is ...
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Estimating the error when averaging a function of a matrix over a collection of random matrices
In short, I want to understand how to estimate the error in calculating the average of a function on a random matrix. I expected to be able to use the standard error of the sample mean, but that hasn'...
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Can we use Bonett's approximation to test whether two correlations are significantly different?
Something like this: $$z={r_1-r_2\over S}$$ $$S=\sqrt{S_1^2+S_2^2}=\sqrt{{(1-r^2)^2\over n_1-3}+{(1-r^2)^2\over n_2-3}}$$ and then obtaining $2\cdot P(Z>|z|)$ I understand that people prefer to ...
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What is the formula of the bias contained in the Mean Squared Error?
I have a question regarding the formula of the Bias contained in the Mean Squared Error, more specifically about the denominator. I know that the MSE can be written as: MSE=(1/N)(sum(observed value i-...
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Calculating the Uncertainty in a Rolling-Averaged Time Series
I have a time series of data for the heat absorbed by the ocean (in Joules) since the 1957, downloaded from the NASA website: The data consists of a series of measurements as well the standard error ...
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How to calculate standard error of a partial sum of balls in bins
As part of an experiment, I independently throw $M$ balls with equal probability into $N$ bins, resulting in $m_i$ balls in the $i$th bin. I then randomly choose $n$ of those $N$ bins and sum the ...
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Can a large error be calculated using logarithm?
For example: $$\begin{array}{l} y = {x^{11}}\\ \Delta x = 0.1 \cdot x\\ \Delta y =\sqrt {\left( {\frac{{dy}}{{dx}}\Delta x} \right)^2} = 1.1 \cdot {x^{10}}\\ y \pm \Delta y = {x^{10}} \pm 1.1 \cdot {x^...
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Lower bound on sample size to determine coin fairness
This is a conclusion I came to through very basic knowledge of statistics and error analysis. Suppose we want to determine the fairness of a coin. To do this, we need to determine the probability of ...
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How is it Possible to Optimize the Shichman-Hodges Slope Parameters from the Left and Right using Least Square Linear Regression Approaches
The Shichman-Hodges equations model a curve that on the left-hand side has a slope that decreases as a function of the variable $x_i$. That is $x_0=0$, and $y_i$ is a function of $x_i$ for $i=0$, and ...
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Cant find the error values correctly. Need Suggestions.
I have 6 observational data. $L_1,L_2,L_3,L_4,L_5 $ and $ L$. Each of them have seperate error values $\delta L_i$ and $\delta L$. All of these data are numbers such as $1.38e36, 3.45e33, 9.61e41$, ...
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How to find the margin of error of a value consisting of the sum of 5 values? [closed]
I have a $X$ value that is the sum of 5 different $x1,x2,x3,x4$, and $x5$ values. Eacn $x_i$ has their error in same scale. I want to calculate the error of X. How can i do that? Basically, i tried to ...
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standard error of an estimate of fraction of objects with a known binary probability
Lets have a group of N people that can be either men M or women W (or in general objects that can be 0 or 1). For each person $i$ we have an estimate of probability $P_i$ from <0,1> that it is ...
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Compute Sample Size for Specific Margin of Error & Confidence Level
I have a population that is in size equals to 65,536. The population follows a uniform distribution and is composed of discrete, ordered integer numbers. From this population I wish to identify the ...
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Standard error on subsample
Suppose that I know that $N$ samples $(x_1, x_2,...,x_N)$ are iid drawn from a distribution with known variance $\sigma^2$. I also observe the first $k<<N$ samples, and estimate the mean on ...
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In a cube of nominal size $5$ inches, the uncertainty in the measurement of each side is $10\%.$ Find the uncertainty in the measurement of the volume
In the calculation of the volume of a cube of nominal size $5$ inches, the uncertainty in the measurement of each side is $10\%.$ Find the uncertainty in the measurement of the volume. I tried solving ...