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- From: eachus@Dr_No.mitre.org (Robert I. Eachus)
- Subject: Re: Latest News
- In-Reply-To: ames!FNALD.FNAL.GOV!DROEGE's message of Tue, 28 Jul 1992 03:35:25 GMT
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- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 17:09:01 GMT
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- Don't get upset Tom, the data isn't really that bad. Wilcoxon's
- Rank Sum W alpha = 0.037, Binomial test alpha = 0.0730, Paired
- differences alpha = 0.1094 or 0.3438 (There were an odd number of
- measurements this time. The two numbers are for discarding the first
- or last measurement respectively.)
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- Also the apparent slight increase in effect with time has become
- a deluge. (At which point did you start using the "blank" source?)
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- One last point...a geiger counter is not the best detector for
- gamma rays. Putting an appropriate material (Boron, I think) in place
- will substantially increase the sensitivity to gammas. I've seen
- counters which come with just such a shield.
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- Robert I. Eachus
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- with STANDARD_DISCLAIMER;
- use STANDARD_DISCLAIMER;
- function MESSAGE (TEXT: in CLEVER_IDEAS) return BETTER_IDEAS is...
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