Hello everybody,
I have a question concerning the errors calculated in a rietveld
refinement. As far as I know, the error of a parameter is calculated
as
sigma(p_i) = sqrt(c_ii) * sqrt(chi^2/N-P) (*)
where c_ii is the i-th diagonal element of the inverse of the
curvature matrix, chi^2 = sum_i w_i*(yobs_i - ycalc_i), N number of
observations, P number of parameters.
But I thought the statistical error is just sqrt(c_ii)! The second factor
is alway << 1, because N is a large number, and so the calculated errors
are much to small! Even more, I can minimize them by increasing the number
of steps, although, after a certain point, I gain no more information.
Where does the second factor come from?
Any hints?
Thanks,
Michael
ps. If you receive this message twice, I apologize. Our mail server was
down recently, and I think that this messege got lost in nirvana when I
sent it the first time.
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