From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6749 invoked by alias); 24 Dec 2004 19:00:11 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gsl-discuss-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gsl-discuss-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 6717 invoked from network); 24 Dec 2004 19:00:05 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.ukfsn.org) (217.158.120.143) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 24 Dec 2004 19:00:05 -0000 Received: from localhost (lucy.ukfsn.org [127.0.0.1]) by mail.ukfsn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CECAE6D8A; Fri, 24 Dec 2004 18:57:03 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.ukfsn.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (lucy.ukfsn.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 21873-11; Fri, 24 Dec 2004 18:57:03 +0000 (GMT) Received: from localhost (dsl-80-42-145-233.access.uk.tiscali.com [80.42.145.233]) by mail.ukfsn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DE30E6D79; Fri, 24 Dec 2004 18:57:03 +0000 (GMT) Received: by localhost with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ChuWT-000383-00; Fri, 24 Dec 2004 18:50:45 +0000 From: Brian Gough MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <16844.25861.806194.746113@network-theory.co.uk> Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 19:00:00 -0000 To: jgmbenoit@wanadoo.fr Cc: gsl-discuss@sources.redhat.com Reply-To: gsl-discuss@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: discret random distributions: test In-Reply-To: <41C8594D.90707@wanadoo.fr> References: <41C5C6DC.5010904@wanadoo.fr> <16840.19530.535732.244729@network-theory.co.uk> <41C8594D.90707@wanadoo.fr> X-SW-Source: 2004-q4/txt/msg00127.txt.bz2 Jerome BENOIT writes: > I understood the sampling part and the comparing part. > What confuses me is the compatibility criteria. > In particular, why the undimensionless sigma > variable (a difference over a square root) is compare > to a dimensionless value (a constant) ? The number of counts in a bin is a dimensionless quantity. -- best regards, Brian Gough Network Theory Ltd, Commercial support for GSL --- http://www.network-theory.co.uk/gsl/