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Q&A Scientific Reports - Significant Figures

I'm currently writing a report where I have a table stating certain parameter values and their errors. Obviously I want the report to look nice, but since the errors of certain parameters vary by o...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Kay Tukendorf‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T11:42:08Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Kay Tukendorf‭ · 2019-12-08T11:42:08Z (over 4 years ago)
I'm currently writing a report where I have a table stating certain parameter values and their errors. Obviously I want the report to look nice, but since the errors of certain parameters vary by **orders of magnitude** , I'm not sure how to write it.

To provide more context: this is a computational physics report, and the numbers in the superscripts/subscripts represent the value that was added to the corresponding value to cause a 1% change in some function.

It currently looks like:[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AsqmQ.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AsqmQ.png)

How should I be writing the errors and parameters?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-04-13T14:03:10Z (about 5 years ago)
Original score: 4