Weighted Results of Measurements

numbers that express the relative accuracy of the results of measurements.

The weighted results of measurements are inversely proportional to the dispersions—that is, to the average values of the squares of the respective errors. The reliable establishment of weighted results of measurements in practice is especially important in those instances where measurements are made with varying degrees of precision. It is impossible to ignore these differences in using the results of similar measurements, since this would devalue the best measurements, placing them on the same level as those of little reliability. Therefore, greater weight is assigned to the more precise measurements. In the case of several independent measurements x₁, x₂, . . . , x_n of the same quantity a, assuming that the measurements are free of systematic error and have the respective weights p₁ p₂, . . . , p_n, the most reliable estimate of the quantity a is the following weighted mean:

which has the weight p = p₁ + p₂+ . . . + p_n Among all the linear estimates the weighted mean1 has the minimal dispersion.

REFERENCE

Urbakh, V. Iu. Biometrieheskie metody [2nd ed.]. Moscow, 1964.

单词	weighted results of measurements
释义	Weighted Results of Measurements Weighted Results of Measurements numbers that express the relative accuracy of the results of measurements. The weighted results of measurements are inversely proportional to the dispersions—that is, to the average values of the squares of the respective errors. The reliable establishment of weighted results of measurements in practice is especially important in those instances where measurements are made with varying degrees of precision. It is impossible to ignore these differences in using the results of similar measurements, since this would devalue the best measurements, placing them on the same level as those of little reliability. Therefore, greater weight is assigned to the more precise measurements. In the case of several independent measurements x₁, x₂, . . . , x_n of the same quantity a, assuming that the measurements are free of systematic error and have the respective weights p₁ p₂, . . . , p_n, the most reliable estimate of the quantity a is the following weighted mean: which has the weight p = p₁ + p₂+ . . . + p_n Among all the linear estimates the weighted mean1 has the minimal dispersion. REFERENCE Urbakh, V. Iu. Biometrieheskie metody [2nd ed.]. Moscow, 1964.
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