source file: mills2.txt Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 20:31:28 -0700 Subject: RE: Consistency generalized From: Paul Hahn On Thu, 19 Sep 1996, PAULE wrote: > >the average error of random intervals is > >1/4 step [given] level 2 consistency . . . > > Paul H., surely the average error is less than 1/4 step, since that is the > maximum error. [snip] Er, I think you've misunderstood me. (Gotta watch those comma splices.) What I meant in the above, up to the word "step", was just what you say below: > Of course, the mean absolute error of random intervals, without > assuming any consistency at all, is .25 step, since all values from 0 to .5 > step are taken on with equal probability. In other words, I _meant_ "random intervals, without assuming any consistency at all". The bit about level 2 consistency belonged to a different clause. --pH (manynote@library.wustl.edu or http://library.wustl.edu/~manynote) O /\ "Foul? What the hell for?" -\-\-- o "Because you are chalking your cue with the 3-ball." Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Fri, 20 Sep 1996 06:28 +0200 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA20045; Fri, 20 Sep 1996 06:30:22 +0200 Received: from eartha.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA20498 Received: from by eartha.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) for id VAA22380; Thu, 19 Sep 1996 21:30:14 -0700 Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 21:30:14 -0700 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@ella.mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu