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That accounts for the plus-or-minus 0.05-arc-second error bar on any calculation of the solar radius.
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Ryan French, Space.com, 4 Sep. 2025
The final Muon g-2 result is in agreement with the 2021 and 2023 results, but much more precise, with error bars four times smaller than those of the original Brookhaven experiment.
—ArsTechnica, 30 June 2025
Once again the error bars are wide, which is why the CDC’s data brief asserts that the apparent drop in the obesity rate, from 41.9 percent to 40.3 percent, is better understood as a new plateau.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2024
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Ryan French, Space.com, 4 Sep. 2025
The final Muon g-2 result is in agreement with the 2021 and 2023 results, but much more precise, with error bars four times smaller than those of the original Brookhaven experiment.
—ArsTechnica, 30 June 2025
Once again the error bars are wide, which is why the CDC’s data brief asserts that the apparent drop in the obesity rate, from 41.9 percent to 40.3 percent, is better understood as a new plateau.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Error bar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/error%20bar. Accessed 24 Nov. 2025.
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