CMB data help

Zhao Wen
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Joined: March 20 2005
Affiliation: USTC Hefei China

CMB data help

Dear friends:
Who can explain the meaning of binned data of CMB power spectra? How to get the binned data (mean value and the error bar) from the unbinned data? or introduce a paper for me? Thanks a lot!

Sarah Bridle
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CMB data help

I thought the binned data was just the weighted mean of the unbinned data (with the weighted mean error bar)? It certainly makes for a sensible looking plot..

Zhao Wen
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Affiliation: USTC Hefei China

Re: CMB data help

Thank you very much! But, as we known, in the bined data, the error bar is much smaller than the unbined data. If is only the weighted mean, the error bar of binned data can not be obtained.
Sarah Bridle wrote:I thought the binned data was just the weighted mean of the unbinned data (with the weighted mean error bar)? It certainly makes for a sensible looking plot..

Anze Slosar
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Re: CMB data help

Zhao Wen wrote:Thank you very much! But, as we known, in the bined data, the error bar is much smaller than the unbined data. If is only the weighted mean, the error bar of binned data can not be obtained.
Sarah Bridle wrote:I thought the binned data was just the weighted mean of the unbinned data (with the weighted mean error bar)? It certainly makes for a sensible looking plot..
If you add 1/\sigma^2 it should probably be good enough for most purposes...., i.e. 1/\sigma_binned^2 = \sum 1/\sigma_i^2

Zhao Wen
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Joined: March 20 2005
Affiliation: USTC Hefei China

Re: CMB data help

Thank you very much! I have known it!

Anze Slosar wrote:
Zhao Wen wrote:Thank you very much! But, as we known, in the bined data, the error bar is much smaller than the unbined data. If is only the weighted mean, the error bar of binned data can not be obtained.
Sarah Bridle wrote:I thought the binned data was just the weighted mean of the unbinned data (with the weighted mean error bar)? It certainly makes for a sensible looking plot..
If you add 1/\sigma^2 it should probably be good enough for most purposes...., i.e. 1/\sigma_binned^2 = \sum 1/\sigma_i^2