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A Student's Guide to Data and Error Analysis

By Herman J. C. Berendsen

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2011
ISBN
0521119405, 978-0-521-11940-5, 978-0-521-13492-7
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3581739 bytes)
Pages
238\239
Time added
2014-02-12 18:00:00

Description

All students taking laboratory courses within the physical sciences and engineering will benefit from this book, whilst researchers will find it an invaluable reference. This concise, practical guide brings the reader up-to-speed on the proper handling and presentation of scientific data and its inaccuracies. It covers all the vital topics with practical guidelines, computer programs (in Python), and recipes for handling experimental errors and reporting experimental data. In addition to the essentials, it also provides further background material for advanced readers who want to understand how the methods work. Plenty of examples, exercises and solutions are provided to aid and test understanding, whilst useful data, tables and formulas are compiled in a handy section for easy reference

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