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    • A Brief Note on Accuracy
  • The Myth
    • A Brief History of Phi
    • Architectural and Aesthetic Approximations
    • The Human Body
  • The Mathematics
    • Mathematical Definitions of Phi
    • Mathematical Properties of Phi
    • Geometric Constructions Involving Phi
    • The Fibonacci Sequence
  • The Science
    • The Logarithmic Spiral
    • Phyllotaxis: The Fibonacci Sequence in Nature
    • Phi in Chemistry and Physics
  • The Anthropology
    • Phi in Psychology
    • Rationalizing Phi: The Golden Ratio as a Western Phenomenon
  • Works Cited
  • The Author
The Myth of the Golden Ratio

A Brief Note on Accuracy

It should be very quickly noted that, for the purposes of this exploration of the golden ratio, a number will be considered statistically equivalent to phi if and only if it falls in what is known as a "5% critical region." That is, if a statistic falls within 5% of the true, accepted value of the golden ratio on either side (plus or minus), the statistic is close enough to the true value that it can be treated as such and differences can be accounted for by random error.
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Accepted Critical Region for Phi
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