1 INTRODUCTION  
2 AN ANALYTIC MODEL FOR THE ANGULAR CORRELATION FUNCTION  
3 ANALYTICAL MODELING OF THE COVARIANCE MATRIX OF $W(\theta)$  
4 N-BODY SIMULATION AND MOCK SURVEY CATALOGUES  
5 MODEL VS. MOCKS I: THE CORRELATION SIGNAL  
6 MODEL VS. MOCKS II: THE ERROR MATRIX  
7 CONCLUSIONS  