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bravura
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Why does a least squares fit appear to have a bias...
“ If your x noise was greater than your y noise, you generally wouldn't bother taking the measurement in the first place.”
Why not? You could still do inference in this case.
jjk166
4 days ago
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You could, and maybe sometimes you would, but generally you won't. If at all possible, it makes a lot more sense to improve your setup to reduce the x noise, either with a better setup or changing your x to be something you can better control.
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Why not? You could still do inference in this case.