Research Article

The Low-Mass End of the / Relation in Quasars

Table 4

Average values of the ratio in various subsets of our sample. (1) Subsample. (2) Number of objects. (3) Average value of log . (4) Root Mean Square of log .

SubsampleN RMS
dexdex
(1) (2) (3) (4)

Without correction
ALL 87 −2.842 0.444
33 −2.627 0.351
54 −2.974 0.445
49 −2.889 0.401
38 −2.782 0.492
With correction
ALL 87 −2.697 0.524
33 −2.623 0.356
54 −2.886 0.603
46 −2.886 0.419
41 −2.485 0.554