probable error

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Then among the foothills of the Sierras at Colfax, the coefficient drops till it is scarcely larger than the probable error.

From Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes by Huntington, Ellsworth

These coefficients are all small, but the number of individual cases, 600 months, is so large that the probable error is greatly reduced, being only ±0.027 or ±0.028.

From Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes by Huntington, Ellsworth

The time-lapse due to distance had a presumed correction and there was a considerable probable error in the speed of translation of the ship during overdrive.

From Talents, Incorporated by Leinster, Murray

In explanation of Warton's probable error two extenuating facts should be remembered.

From A History of English Poetry: an Unpublished Continuation by Warton, Thomas

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