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education/statistics/Measurement Error.md

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 # Outliers
 Histograms of repeated measurements tend to follow the normal curve.
 
-According to the empirical rule, 99.7% of such measurements should be within 3σ of the exact value. 
+According to the empirical rule, 99.7% of such measurements should be  +-3σ of the exact value. Measurements that are not within 3σ are considered *outliers*. 
+
+Removing outliers reduces σ.
 
-$$ $
 # Terminology
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education/statistics/TODO.md

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+(Chapter 7, STAT 1040)
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