Observational error (or measurement error) is the difference between a measured value of a quantity and its unknown true value. Such errors are inherent...

the measure varies. The term margin of error is often used in non-survey contexts to indicate observational error in reporting measured quantities. Consider...

sample from its "true value" (not necessarily observable). The error of an observation is the deviation of the observed value from the true value of a...

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Accuracy and precision are two measures of observational error: Accuracy measures how close a given set of observations are to their true value Precision...

common error). Independence of observational error from potential confounding effects. Exact or approximate normality of observations (or errors). Linearity...

In statistical hypothesis testing, a type I error, or a false positive, is the rejection of the null hypothesis when it is actually true. For example...

conclusions from data that are subject to random variation (e.g., observational errors, sampling variation). Descriptive statistics are most often concerned...

In natural science and signal processing, an artifact or artefact is any error in the perception or representation of any information introduced by the...

least squares is a type of errors-in-variables regression, a least squares data modeling technique in which observational errors on both dependent and independent...