1 INTRODUCTION  
2 COVARIANCE VALIDATION STRATEGY AND SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS  
3 THE 3X2-POINT DATA VECTOR  
4 COVARIANCE MATRICES FOR THE 3X2PT DATA VECTOR  
5 IMPACT OF COVARIANCE ERRORS ON A LINEARIZED GAUSSIAN LIKELIHOOD  
6 EXPLORING DIFFERENT EFFECTS IN THE COVARIANCE MODELLING  
7 A SIMPLE χ² TEST  
8 DISCUSSIONS AND CONCLUSIONS  