How many standard deviations in polygon composition calc error?

[Malcolm Roberts]

John,
The errors in the average comp for polygons in Calcimage. How many standard deviants would that be? I cannot find anything on this in the manual. Is it hiding elsewhere?
Cheers,
malc.

[John Donovan]

The errors in the average comp for polygons in Calcimage. How many standard deviants would that be? I cannot find anything on this in the manual. Is it hiding elsewhere?

Hi Malcolm,
Julie Chouinard wrote the polygon extraction code for us, so I had to check the polyxy.bas file that is in the ProgramData folder and it has this:

            'Calculate the average Z
               AvgZ# = Sum# / n&
            'Calculate the standard deviation
               Sum# = 0
               For nn& = 1 To n&
                  Sum# = Sum# + (temp!(nn&) - AvgZ#) ^ 2
               Next nn&
               StdDev# = (Sum# / (n& - 1)) ^ 0.5
               Debug.Print Time & "   " & "Average " & ZLabel$(i) & " =  " & AvgZ#  & " ± " & StdDev#
'Input the Z value labels, Z values, and standard deviations into the ZValues worksheet
            ZValuesWks.Cells(Row:=i, col:=1).Value = ZLabel$(i)
            ZValuesWks.Cells(Row:=i, col:=2).Value = Round(AvgZ#,2)  'rounding value to 2 decimal places
            ZValuesWks.Cells(Row:=i, col:=3).Value = Round(StdDev#,2)  'rounding value to 2 decimal places

So it looks like a single normal standard deviation.
john

[Malcolm Roberts]

Thanks John,
Just a thought. Why not have a weighted error? That way we could get rid of outliers from e.g. cracks and holes......? Might throw up other issues but I guess where we are looking a relatively homogeneous, inclusion free domain it might prove handy?
Cheers,
Malc.

[John Donovan]

Thanks John,
Just a thought. Why not have a weighted error? That way we could get rid of outliers from e.g. cracks and holes......? Might throw up other issues but I guess where we are looking a relatively homogeneous, inclusion free domain it might prove handy?
Cheers,
Malc.

Hi Malcolm,
That's a good idea.  You should modify one of the "custom" scripts (polyxy_Custom1.bas or polyxy_Custom2.bas) in the ProgramData\Probe Software\Probe for EPMA folder and share it with us.

I personally find the existing script good for my own polygon extractions.  For avoiding cracks, inclusions, etc. I simply draw the polygon around any areas I do not want to have included in the averaging.

Like this:
john