Hello Santhosh-- > > To find how good a refinement is, R-factors or Q-factor is used as a general > broad indicator. > > R-factor defined as : sqrt{Sum[(Exp-obs)^2])/Sum[Exp^2]/2} > > This R-factor is a good indicator of the over-all data fit but is there any > such > indicator for residue wise improvement. I tried residue wise R-factor as : > > Residue R-factor : |Exp - Obs| / |Exp| > [basically percent deviation]. >
Gabriel is correct that R-factor does take into account the magnitude of RDCs, but for a per-residue metric, if you have semi-quantitative errors, how about this residual: |Exp - Calcd| / |err| ?? Charles _______________________________________________ Xplor-nih mailing list Xplor-nih@cake.cit.nih.gov http://cake.cit.nih.gov/mailman/listinfo/xplor-nih