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XIII.—The Arithmetical Mean and the “Middle” Value of Certain Meteorological Observations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

L. Becker
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow
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Extract

The arithmetical mean of similar meteorological observations is usually regarded as their representative value. The object of this paper is to show that in a certain case this assumption is not borne out by observations.

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Proceedings
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1918

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References

* See Chauvenet, Spherical Astronomy, vol. ii, table ix, A.