Some home-truths about small samples and counting statistics

dc.contributor.author	Salter, C. J
dc.contributor.author	Banhatti, D. G
dc.date.accessioned	2008-03-05T10:57:10Z
dc.date.available	2008-03-05T10:57:10Z
dc.date.issued	2000
dc.identifier.citation	BASI, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 363 - 365	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2248/2123
dc.description.abstract	Assessing a fluctuation in the sky density of astronomical objects uses counting (i.e., Poisson) statistics for estimating the errors. For a finite sample, there is a limit to the maximum possible fluctuation from the mean in units of the rms. This maximum is derived, and an example is used to illustrate these concepts.	en
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dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Astronomical Society of India	en
dc.relation.uri	http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000BASI...28..363S	en
dc.subject	Statistics	en
dc.subject	Sky density	en
dc.subject	Poisson	en
dc.title	Some home-truths about small samples and counting statistics	en
dc.type	Article	en