get_error_estimates
- sherpa.utils.get_error_estimates(x, sorted=False)[source] [edit on github]
Compute the median and (-1,+1) sigma values for the data.
- Parameters
x (array of numbers) – The input values.
sorted (bool, optional) – If
False
, the default, thenx
is assumed to not be sorted.
- Returns
The median, value that corresponds to -1 sigma, and value that is +1 sigma, for the input distribution.
- Return type
(median, lsig, usig)
Examples
>>> (m, l, h) = get_error_estimates(x)