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An introduction to error analysis : the study of uncertainties in physical measurements / John R. Taylor, Professor of Physics, University of Colorado.
Math/Physics/Astronomy Library QC39 .T4 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Taylor, John R. (John Robert), 1939- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Physical measurements.
- Error analysis (Mathematics).
- Mathematical physics.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 371 pages ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : University Science Books, [2022]
- Summary:
- "This best-selling text by John Taylor, now released in its third edition with Bayesian statistics, introduces the study of uncertainties to lower division science students. Assuming no prior knowledge, the author introduces error analysis through the use of familiar examples ranging from carpentry to well-known historic experiments"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Preliminary description of error analysis
- How to report and use uncertainties
- Propagation of uncertainties
- Statistical analysis of random uncertainties
- The normal distribution
- Rejection of data
- Weighted averages
- Least-squares fitting
- Covariance and correlation
- The binomial distribution
- The Poisson distribution
- The Chi-squared test for a distribution
- Bayesian statistics
- Appendicies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Taylor, John R., 1939- Introduction to error analysis
- ISBN:
- 9781940380087
- 1940380081
- 9781940380148
- 1940380146
- OCLC:
- 1306216118
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