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An introduction to error analysis : the study of uncertainties in physical measurements / John R. Taylor.

By: Series: A series of books in physicsPublication details: Mill Valley, Calif. : University Science Books, c1982.Description: x, 270 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0935702075
  • 0935702105 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 530.16 20 TAY
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Contents;

Part I
1. preliminary description of error analysis
2. How to report and use uncertainties
3. Propagation of uncertainties
4. Statistical analysis of random uncertainties
5. The normal distribution

Part II
6. Rejection of data
7. Weighted averages
8. Least squares fitting
9. Covariance and correlation
10. The binomial distribution
11. The Poisson distribution
12. The X2 test for a distribution

Bibliography : p. 253 . _ Index : p. 266-270.

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