Sentences with phrase «root of the number of»

For a scale using more than one load cell, vmin must be less than or equal to the scale division divided by the square root of the number of cells.

Let's start with outside income, which has been at the root of a number of corruption cases.

The number of branches corresponds roughly with the square root of the number of stations.

If you are interested in the variance of the mean, in other words how precisely you can believe you know the mean value, that improves as the square root of the number of measurements.

However, it turns out that the standard error is inversely proportional to the square root of the number of observations.

The relationship is that the reduction in the error is proportional to the square root of the number of measurements.

For me it's enough to tell that when the final outcome has the nature of an average of all annual readings we get the first lower limit by dividing the accuracy of individual readings by the square root of the number of all readings.

It is therefore erroneous to suggest that the estimate of the global average ocean temperature is given by the instrument accuracy divided by the square root of the number of observations (as you would if the observations were of the same quantity):

«[it is] erroneous to suggest that the estimate of the global average ocean temperature is given by the instrument accuracy divided by the square root of the number of observations (as you would if the observations were of the same quantity).»

If the errors are uncorrelated and of the same order of magnitude they will cancel to a significant degree, and the accuracy of the final result will improve proportionally to the inverse square root of the number of observations.

As you can see, we can't trust any individual data point to better than + / - 5 degs yet by taking the average of 100 data points the error drops by an order of magnitude to (The error falls as the square root of the number of data points) to give an accuracy of a fraction of a degree.

This is rather simpler, and follows the normal law of varying in inverse proportion to the square root of the number of data.

In statistics, the uncertainty in a statistic estimated from a set of samples commonly varies in inverse proportion to the square root of the number of observations.

Nobody did, until Gauss systematized this (although Kepler was aware that the precision of measurements was proportional to the inverse square root of the number of measurements)

Averaging more years reduces the standard deviation by the square root of the number of years, so by the time you average ten years the standard deviation for a decade is down to 0.03 degrees.

One could argue that real SST measurements aren't quite so well - behaved, but it is possible to show (see Figure 11 of the HadSST2 paper, Rayner et al. 2006 for details) that the standard deviation of grid box averages falls roughly as one over the square root of the number of contributing observations and that the standard deviation for gridbox averages based on a single observation is a lot less than 10 degrees.

In the absence of serial correlation the standard deviation of this trend estimate is the standard deviation of the period - to - period changes in temperature divided by the square root of the number of periods in the interval.

The variance reduction ratio compared to MLO is on the order of 23,000:1, the square root of the number of minutes in a millennium.

This error will decline with the square root of the number of instruments (approximately).

The confidence interval of an average does down with the square root of the number of measurements.

As an example, when averaging, signal - to - noise ratio increases as the square root of the number of samples that are being averaged together because white noise has an average of zero.

For independent random errors with the same mean (i.e., no drift), the accuracy increases with the square root of the number of measurements.

The sample mean converges toward the actual mean with the error decreasing as the inverse of the square root of the number of samples.

«Simulations show it is enough to store paths to about the square root of the number of nodes in the network (provided nodes are reasonably well connected).

Equivalent household income was calculated as the total household income divided by the square root of the number of household members; these scores were then divided into quartiles.

Not exact matches

This summer, a group called Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, known as ICANN, which manages administration of this root part of the Internet, opened up the domain - name registration process, and received about 2,000 applications for new suffixes, which sold for nearly $ 200,000 a pop.

Instead, tired but deeply rooted measures often include things like producing X number of content assets or resolving customer problems within X minutes, instead of helping customers truly maximize product value.

As to the increase in numbers, a little reflection should persuade even those Jews who, like Professor Namier, think of numbers as dangerous («to a nation rooted in its own soil... they mean strength and security, but for us, outside Palestine, they have always constituted a danger») that the danger here is more apparent than real.

At least that's what you'd have to conclude from the number of scientific studies addressing the root causes of putting stuff off and how to overcome the tendency to procrastinate.

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If you know this is a roots - in - the - ground home, you can extend the number of years you'll pay, say from 15 to 30 years.

Calgary will be a key hub for our operations in the west where there is an expanding and vibrant technology ecosystem taking root with a number of seed stage investment opportunities.»

And there are a number of changes taking place at the grass roots of American churches that many Christians aren't aware of.

Oh, and by the way, God didn't make the circle (even though it's perfect) and He didn't make the square root of 3 either (even though it has an infinite number of decimal places).

If you want to reduce the number of abortions, better to try and deal with the root causes, such as poverty, and then get more contraception into the hands of the right people.

Beatrice is a «nine,» he once explains, because the root of nine is three and that is the number of the Holy Trinity.

Finally, aware of the religious dimensions of the texts, they are able to appreciate how claims to ultimate significance are inevitably forged in terms that are anthropologically rooted, historically conditioned and literarily defined; on the other hand, for the first time, many of them come to perceive Christianity as in fact making a number of extremely interesting religious claims.

Heck, I'm saddened by the number of people in the Netherlands who believe in homeopathy, but when you get down to it it's not the root of all that's bad in the world.

Indian Christians number close to 30 million (around 2 percent), and they trace their roots to Roman times and quite possibly to the missionary work of the apostle Thomas.

With family roots in El Salvador, Parada is part of a growing number of Hispanic converts to Islam in Houston and the United States.

The confidence has many roots: the steady decline of models of theology in which «critical appraisal» is the dominant task; receptiveness toward and fresh engagement with classical thinkers, patristic, medieval and Reformation; a sense that the Enlightenment is only one episode in the history of one (Western) culture and not a turning point in the history of humankind; the work of a number of gifted and independent - minded theologians now at the height of their powers who have shown the potency of constructive doctrinal work.

He provides an abundance of statistics in essays on capitalism and public policy (though some would benefit from updated numbers), and he undertakes a more abstract form of analysis in contemplating Europe's decline and the roots of American liberty.

Perhaps that's part of reason that a number of hospitals and universities have been started or sponsored by churches and many organizations with religious roots committed to humanitarian causes.

That's why the 2nd verse says that he is a root out of dry ground, he has to convert to righteousness, he didn't know who he was at first until he grew to know, and is why it says in verse 12, he was numbered with the transgressors, he «bare» did wrong too, the sins of many, but made intercessor, (turned his life around) praying, working for the transgressors for YHWH telling them to convert, pouring out his soul.

Among the various longer - range challenges facing church music in the «90s, four seem to be occupying center stage: the challenge of providing church musicians in sufficient numbers to meet the needs of parishes throughout the land in almost every denomination; the continued search for musical roots in many denominations; the ongoing debate between those advocating the worship and musical tradition of the church catholic and those advocating a variety of trendy fads; and the impact of pragmatism and consumerism in determining worship practice and musical style and substance.

But many mainline Christians, including a number of those who, having been affected by the renewal movements that have swept through major denominations at the grass - roots level, seek a deeper spirituality are unhappy with the choice before them.

A better strategy for combating the number of abortions that happen in America is to address the root causes of abortion — like poverty and lack of health care — which I will more effectively address as president than John McCain.»

A draft in his letter book states, «I have examined all objections that have ever been made against the infinite numbers, and above all because I have followed its roots, so to speak, to the first infallible cause of all created things.»

Canon Redford touches upon a number of fascinating themes: his contention that John's description of Jesus as the «Word of God» is rooted more in rabbinic literature than in a Hellenistic culture is fascinating and opens a rich seam of possibilities.

The point is that the science that says the earth is ~ 4.5 billion years old is rooted in thousands of years of hard scientific labor in arriving at what we know today; the number may be 4.