Error estimates on averages of correlated data
- 1 July 1989
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 91 (1), 461-466
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.457480
Abstract
We describe how the true statistical error on an average of correlated data can be obtained with ease and efficiency by a renormalization group method. The method is illustrated with numerical and analytical examples, having finite as well as infinite range correlations.Keywords
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