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We describe how the true statistical error on an average of correlated data can be obtained with ease and efficiency by a renormalization group method. The method is illustrated with numerical and analytical examples having finite as well as infinite range correlations.
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Flyvbjerg, H. (1998). Error estimates on averages of correlated data. In: Kertész, J., Kondor, I. (eds) Advances in Computer Simulation. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 501. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0105461
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