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Is the program a computerised version of the Oberfell and Thompson methodology or something totally different?
Don't think it is.
As I understand Jones' method and the Oberfell and Thompson methodology... I would not describe them as the same or similar.
But there is an Oberfell feature in the software that will do an Oberfell analysis if you want.
There are no shortcuts in Jones' method at all except for the new technology which allows the scanning of the 400+ pellet holes directly from the patterning paper, the accurate recording of their XY coordinates, and the packaged mathematical calculations for the probabilities associated with a two-dimensional Gaussian.
Not positive on this, but think Jones' calculations assume an XY covariance of zero, but again not sure.
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