[Ifeffit] Question about the R_factor in artemis/ifeffit

[Bruce Ravel]

On Monday 03 May 2004 11:29 am, Wayne Lukens wrote:
> I calculated the R_factor by hand (well, by Excel, really) for the
> real component of the Fourier transformed spectrum.  The analysis
> was actually carried out using Artemis, and I calculated the
> R_factor over the fitting range in R.  For the real component, this
> was exactly equal to the R_factor returned from Artemis.

I am surprised that it was numerically identical, but I think Matt
explained well enough why the R-factor computed using the real part,
the imaginary part, or both would be roughly the same.

B

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