[ROOT] Why sigma of result of gauss fit has minus value ?

From: Harufumi Tsuchiya (harufumi@icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp)
Date: Thu Feb 21 2002 - 09:08:31 MET


Hello ROOTers !

I have following data set and I would like to fit these values
using gaussian function. 
I could fit. But the sigma of result of fit is peculiar.
It's value is minus. 
Why the sigma is minus ?
Is it ordinary behevior of fitting ?

I attached ps file of result of fit.
In the graph, p0 -> constant, p1->mean, p2->sigma.

------ data set ---------
-4.875000 11.2877 19.2555
-4.625000 -1.51158 19.483
-4.375000 28.0305 19.1328
-4.125000 16.8634 19.4476
-3.875000 -6.06664 19.6773
-3.625000 17.5673 19.3519
-3.375000 18.0013 19.2891
-3.125000 0.0122975 19.2632
-2.875000 -8.8495 19.2595
-2.625000 -2.269 19.2171
-2.375000 -1.83825 19.154
-2.125000 -18.7014 19.1244
-1.875000 13.1121 19.0246
-1.625000 2.73537 19.6297
-1.375000 -14.1883 19.448
-1.125000 4.21429 19.2307
-0.875000 -26.4092 19.1161
-0.625000 -37.6974 19.2017
-0.375000 -85.1394 19.0828
-0.125000 -123.675 19.1227
0.125000 -97.6141 19.5093
0.375000 -61.8173 19.2825
0.625000 -12.6419 19.5097
0.875000 -22.5329 19.3263
1.125000 -6.85978 19.3608
1.375000 3.64534 19.7056
1.625000 17.0031 19.2862
1.875000 -14.6644 19.535
2.125000 -20.5573 18.9344
2.375000 5.01405 19.1549
2.625000 1.62057 19.3475
2.875000 -18.1711 19.2898
3.125000 -5.51773 19.3767
3.375000 1.84787 19.3669
3.625000 -8.84978 19.2802
3.875000 -5.60688 19.3258
4.125000 -13.3567 19.3979
4.375000 -8.71397 19.0163
4.625000 -25.7126 19.6368
4.875000 2.9404 19.0503






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