Dunn, Patrick F.

Measurement and data analysis for engineering and science / Patrick F. Dunn. - Boston : McGraw-Hill Higher Education, c2005. - xix, 540 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - McGraw-Hill series in mechanical engineering .

Contents;

CHAPTER 1 EXPERIMENTS
1.1 Chapter Overview
1.2 Learning Objectives
1.3 Role of Experiments
1.4 The Experiment, etc.

CHAPTER 2 UNITS AND SIGNIFICANT FIGURES
2.1 Chapter Overview
2.2 Learning Objectives
2.3 English and Metric Systems
2.4 Systems of Units, etc.

CHAPTER 3 TECHNIACL COMMUNICATION
3.1 Chapter Overview
3.2 Learning Objectives
3.3 Guidelines for Writing
3.4 The Technical Memo, etc.

CHAPTER 4 BASIC ELECTRONICS
4.1 Chapter Overview
4.2 Learning Objectives
4.3 Concepts and Definitions
4.4 Circuit Elements, etc.

HARDWARE
CHAPTER 5 CALIBATION AND RESPONSE
5.1 Chapter Overview
5.2 Learning Objectives
5.3 Static Response Characterization
5.4 Dynamic Response Characterization, etc.

CHAPTER 6 MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS
6.1 Chapter Overview
6.2 Learning Objectives
6.3 Measurement System Elements, etc.

ANALYSES
CHAPTER 7 PROBABILITY
7.1 Chapter Overview
7.2 Learning Objectives
7.3 Relation to Measurements
7.4 Basic Concepts in Probability, etc.

CHAPTER 8 STATISTICS
8.1 Chapter Overview
8.2 Learning Objectives
8.3 Various Probability Density
8.4 Normalized Variables, etc.

CHAPTER 9 UNCERTATAINTY ANALYSIS
9.1 Chapter Overview
9.2 Learning Objectives
9.3 Uncertainty
9.4 Comparing Theory and Measurement, etc.

CHAPTER 10 REGRESSION AND CORRELATION
10.1 Chapter Overview
10.2 Learning Objectives
10.3 Least-Squares Approach
10.4 Least-Squares Regression Analysis, etc.

CHAPTER 11 SIGNAL CHARACTERISTICS
11.1 Chapter Overview
11.2 Learning Objectives
11.3 Signal Characterization
11.4 Signal Variables, etc.

CHAPTER 12 DIGITAL SIGNAL ANALYSIS
12.1 Chapter Overview
12.2 Learning Objectives
13.3 Digital Sampling
13.4 Discrete Fourier Transform, etc.



Index : p. 531-540

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Physical measurements--Textbooks.
Statistics--Textbooks.

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