<p>I've asked a <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/303130">question about error analysis</a> and included a follow up question which is strongly related to the first one. I'm unsure whether it would be best to post them as separate questions.</p>

<p>I'm new to this stack, and I worry that if I post them both, I might seem like I'm spamming, but on the other hand, my initial question is already pretty long, and so it might seem like I'm asking too much for 1 question.</p>

<p>Last thing, I didn't include the actual real-world problem that inspired this question because I felt the the question was long enough as it is, and I figured the general case would make a better, more interesting question than my specific problem.</p>
