ESTIMATE OF THE HALF-LIVES OF 42 RADIONUCLIDES USED TO CALIBRATE DETECTORS AND SEARCH FOR THE OPTIMAL PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINIGN THE FINAL ERRORS OF THE ESTIMATED VALUES

摘要

During a reestimation of the half-lives of 42 radionuclides used to calibrate x-ray and γ-ray detectors a comparison was made between statistical procedures for obtaining the final errors of the estimated values. A rule is proposed for regulating the errors of the estimated values which assumes an increase in the error as a function of the mutual consistency of a set of data determined by the X~2 value.