Analysis and presentation of experimental results : with examples, problems and programs /

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Author / Creator:	Christodoulides, Costas, author.
Imprint:	Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 526 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Undergraduate lecture notes in physics, 2192-4791 Undergraduate lecture notes in physics,
Subject:	Research -- Data processing. Quantitative research. Quantitative research. Research -- Data processing.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11307899

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Other authors / contributors:	Christodoulides, George, author.
ISBN:	9783319533452 3319533452 3319533444 9783319533445
Digital file characteristics:	PDF text file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 20, 2017).
Summary:	This book is intended as a guide to the analysis and presentation of experimental results. It develops various techniques for the numerical processing of experimental data, using basic statistical methods and the theory of errors. After presenting basic theoretical concepts, the book describes the methods by which the results can be presented, both numerically and graphically. The book is divided into three parts, of roughly equal length, addressing the theory, the analysis of data, and the presentation of results. Examples are given and problems are solved using the Excel, Origin, Python and R software packages. In addition, programs in all four languages are made available to readers, allowing them to use them in analyzing and presenting the results of their own experiments. Subjects are treated at a level appropriate for undergraduate students in the natural sciences, but this book should also appeal to anyone whose work involves dealing with experimental results.
Other form:	Print version: 9783319533445
Standard no.:	10.1007/978-3-319-53345-2

Table of Contents:

Basic statistical concepts
Measurement errors
A though experiment
The statistical analysis of experimental results
The presentation of numerical results
The propagation of errors
The three basic probability distributions
The statistics of radioactivity
Elements from the theory of errors
Comparison and rejection of measurements
The method of least squares
Graphs
The written report of the results of an experiment
Appendix 1. Least squares straight line y =? +? x . The errors in? and?
Appendix 2. Dimensional analysis
Appendix 3. The use of random numbers in finding values of a variable x which are distributed according to a given probability density function f(x)
Appendix 4. Values of fundamental physical constants
Answers to the problems
List of programs and code samples
Index.

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