Open AccessFIXED-TIME ESTIMATION OF COUNTING RATES WITH BACKGROUND CORRECTIONS
Author(s) -
W.L. Nicholson
Publication year - 1963
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/4097995
Subject(s) - statistics , estimation , sample (material) , mathematics , econometrics , physics , economics , management , thermodynamics
Statistical rules to be used in estimating and interpreting the net sample counting rate in the presence of appreciable background are developed. The importance of good background estimation is considered. (D.C.W.