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	1 Introduction
	2 The classical Eddington bias
	3 Notes on the origin of the Eddington bias
	4 Constant dispersion
	5 Non-constant dispersion
	6 Numerical simulations
	7 Systematically varying error
	8 Some interesting initial slopes
	9 An application to the LEDA galaxy sample
	10 Conclusions
	Appendix A: Eddington together with Malmquist
	Appendix B: Eddington and Malmquist shifts
	References

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