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Let us assume there are independently
measured values and
calibration constants
with their covariance matrix
. The latter
can also be theoretical parameters influencing the data, and
moreover they may be
correlated, as usually
happens if, for example, they are parameters of a calibration fit.
We can then include the in the vector that contains the
measurements and in the covariance matrix :
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(14.33) |
The corrected quantities are obtained from the most general
function
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(14.34) |
and the covariance matrix
from the covariance propagation
.
As a frequently encountered example, we can think of several
normalization constants, each affecting a subsample of the data -
as is
the case where each of several detectors
measures a set of physical quantities.
Let us consider just three quantities
() and three
uncorrelated
normalization standard uncertainties (
),
the first common to
and , the second to
and and the third to all three.
We get the following covariance matrix:
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(14.35) |
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Giulio D'Agostini
2001-04-02