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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
Study of a model data analysis situation with the help of computer experiments reveals that the Maximum Entropy Method of Spectral Analysis owes its popularity to a peak-sharpening property which is found to be a strong function of the level of background white noise present in the spectrum. In one limit, misleading results may be obtained by this technique. Some suggestions for a more fruitful use of the technique are made.