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Instabilities in the mechanical set-up and in the electronic equipment for measuring intensities can be detected by a statistical analysis of a series of profile measurements of one reflexion. The analysis is carried out in three steps starting with the raw data which, at stage 2, are corrected for a drift of intensity and at stage 3 for a drift of the scanning angle.