The question you should ask yourself is "why would omitting data improve my 
model?" 

Phil

On 27 Aug 2013, at 02:49, Emily Golden <10417...@student.uwa.edu.au> wrote:

> Hi All, 
> 
> I have collected diffraction images to 1 Angstrom resolution to the edge of 
> the detector and 0.9A to the corner.    I collected two sets, one for low 
> resolution reflections and one for high resolution reflections.  
> I get 100% completeness above 1A and 41% completeness in the 0.9A-0.95A 
> shell.   
> 
> However, my Rmerge in the highest shelll is not good, ~80%.
> 
> The Rfree is 0.17 and Rwork is 0.16 but the maps look very good.   If I cut 
> the data to 1 Angstrom the R factors improve but I feel the maps are not as 
> good and I'm not sure if I can justify cutting data. 
> 
> So my question is,  should I cut the data to 1Angstrom or should I keep the 
> data I have?
> 
> Also, taking geometric restraints off during refinement the Rfactors improve 
> marginally, am I justified in doing this at this resolution?
> 
> Thank you, 
> 
> Emily

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