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revisit uncertainty reporting

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My understanding is that this is correct if complex and solvent have the same number of entries, but if the sample sizes differ, we would need to weight accordingly:

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pooled_variance

I believe we want to account for differing sample sizes, since users may want to look at incomplete results.

Originally posted by @atravitz in https://github.com/OpenFreeEnergy/openfe/pull/1710#discussion_r2582251219

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Start with the uncertainty-reporting discussion in PR 1710 and review the linked pooled-variance reference. Trace the current calculation and determine how unequal complex and solvent sample sizes should affect it; done means the reporting accounts for incomplete results without assuming equal entry counts.

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