Critiek op de “Hyperbolische Foutenwet”
D. H. G. Brethouwer, Hugo C. Hamaker · Statistica Neerlandica · 1949
Summary Criticisms against the ‘Hyperbolic Error Distribution’. In a previous article in this journal (Vol. 1, p. 55, 1948) the hyperbolic error distribution was derived by theoretical argument, starting from simple hypotheses. Against this derivation criticisms have been raised from various sides. These are answered in the present paper. Though it is on the one hand acknowledged that an error has slipped into the previous arguments, it is on the other hand maintained that the hyperbolic distribution can be held upright on a slightly altered basis, namely on a set of approximate, instead of exact, equations. In a postscript the editors point out that serious objections can be raised against these altered views.