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Statistical considerations in the analysis of solar oscillation data by the superposed epoch method

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Although the method of superposed epochs (Chree analysis) has been utilized for seven decades, a procedure to determine the statistical significance of the results has not been available heretofore. Consequently, various subjective methods have been utilized in the interpretation of Chree analysis results in several fields. The major problem in the statistical treatment of Chree analysis results arises from the fact that in most studies of natural phenomena, data are neither random nor sequentially independent. In this paper, a statistical procedure which takes this factor into account is developed.

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  1. Bartol Research Foundation of The Franklin Institute, University of Delaware, 19711, Newark, Delaware, U.S.A.

    S. E. Forbush, M. A. Pomerantz, S. P. Duggal & C. H. Tsao

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  1. S. E. Forbush
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  2. M. A. Pomerantz
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  3. S. P. Duggal
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Proceedings of the 66th IAU Colloquium: Problems in Solar and Stellar Oscillations, held at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, U.S.S.R., 1–5 September, 1981.

Shakti P. Duggal died, July 11, 1982.

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Forbush, S.E., Pomerantz, M.A., Duggal, S.P. et al. Statistical considerations in the analysis of solar oscillation data by the superposed epoch method. Sol Phys 82, 113–122 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00145551

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