mle {merror}

Compute maximum likelihood estimates of precision.

Description

This is an internal function that computes the maximum likelihood estimates of precision for the constant bias model using paired data.

Usage

mle(v, r, ni)

Arguments

v

Variance-Covariance matrix for the n x N items by methods measurement data.

r

Initial estimates of imprecision, usually Grubbs.

ni

No. of items measured.

Value

An N vector containing the maximum likelihood estimates of precision.

Author(s)

Richard A. Bilonick

References

Jaech, J. L. (1985) Statistical Analysis of Measurement Errors. New York: Wiley.