Fitting Two-Variable Datasets with Bivariate Errors

Abstract

The maximum likelihood method for the fit of a two-variable dataset described in Chap. 8assumes that one of the variables (the independent variable X) has negligible errors. There are many applications where this assumption is not applicable and uncertainties in both variables must be taken into account. This chapter expands the treatment of Chap. 8to the fit of a two-variable dataset with errors in both variables.