Resonance Region Analysis Without Resonance Parameters

A representation for structured data is described that does not make use of a resonance parameter formalism and is applicable in a region where resonance parameters cannot be resolved or in a resolved resonance region where the precise location of a resonance is unimportant. Following the Probability Table Method, a representation statistically equivalent to a pointwise description of data is given but extended to characterize energy correlations. In the case of data from which higher order derivatives can be taken, a method for temperature broadening and unbroadening data is presented.