Deconvolution of the Error Associated with Random Sampling

Abstract

In this work empirical models describing sampling error (∆) are reported based upon analytical findings elicited from 3 common probability density functions (PDF): the Gaussian, representing any real-valued, randomly changing variable x of mean µ and standard deviation σ ; the Poisson, representing counting data: i.e., any integral-valued entity's count of x (cells, clumps of cells or colony forming units, molecules, mutations, etc.