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by aspenmayer 1540 days ago
I found something similar on page 19 of this presentation. No errors bars, but they do provide some info about the errors of various experiments.

https://www.nhn.ou.edu/~johnson/Education/Juniorlab/C_Speed/...

Edit: here’s some error bars!

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Uncertainties-in-Reporte...

2 comments

Thank you! That's not the exact figure I remember seeing, but it's probably the same data.
I love that second paper!
What were your favorite parts?
I don't know if I have a favorite part, although the weather forecasting/probabilistic prediction and estimated error in speed of light estimates might be.

I think error modeling doesn't get enough attention, nor does error due to model uncertainty per se, and the paper explains the consequences of those two things pretty well from an applied perspective. I also think it nicely integrates model uncertainty, error modeling, and complex systems modeling all at once.

I don't think there's anything really groundbreaking in it but I think it does a good job of explaining the importance of certain things that are often really overlooked.