I have some high quality synchrotron powder XRD data, gathered in a Debye-Scherrer geometry.  I've calculated relative peak areas by fitting Gaussian/Lorentzian peaks using Igor and calculated structure factors using

    I = |F|2p (1 + cos2 2θ) / (sin2θ cos θ)

where I is the relative intensity, F is the structure factor, p is the multiplicity factor and θ is the Bragg angle.  (This is Eq. (4-19) in Cullity, 2nd Ed.)

I now need to estimate an uncertainty in these structure factors.  Can anyone provide an expression for this, or point me towards some relevant references?

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