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

By: Taylor, John R. (John Robert), 1939-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Series of books in physics.Publisher: Mill Valley, CA : Oxford : University Sciences ; Oxford University Press, 1982Description: x, 270 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0198557078 .Subject(s): Physical measurements | Error analysis (Mathematics)DDC classification: 530.8
Contents:
Part I -- Preliminary description of error analysis -- How to report and use uncertainties -- Propagation of uncertainties -- Statistical analysis of random uncertainties -- The normal distribution -- Part II -- Rejection of data -- Weighted averages -- Least-squares fitting -- Covariance and correlation -- The binomial distribution -- The Poisson distribution -- The x2 test for a distribution.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

An introduction to error analysis for first degree students who do experimental work in science and engineering courses.

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Bibliography: (page 253) and index.

Part I -- Preliminary description of error analysis -- How to report and use uncertainties -- Propagation of uncertainties -- Statistical analysis of random uncertainties -- The normal distribution -- Part II -- Rejection of data -- Weighted averages -- Least-squares fitting -- Covariance and correlation -- The binomial distribution -- The Poisson distribution -- The x2 test for a distribution.