probable error

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I should not know how to estimate the volume of outside dealings within many billions of "probable error."

From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.

If, therefore, all were rated and scaled by this value, the results would fall under a curve of probable error.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham

Connected with the coefficient of correlation, usually, is a figure for "probable error," which depends, primarily, on the square root of the number of observations.

From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.

For thevalues of M, whence the deviations are measured, and forthose of the corresponding probable error, see the headingsto the columns in Table II.

From Finger Prints by Galton, Francis, Sir

We still have a probable error of several miles in hitting the target.

From The Electronic Mind Reader by Blaine, John