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1 online resource (350 p.) |
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Detailed Contents -- About the Authors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Companion Website -- Chapter 1 Choosing Credibility -- 1.1 The Responsibility of an Experimentalist -- 1.2 Losses of Credibility -- 1.3 Recovering Credibility -- 1.4 Starting with a Sharp Axe -- 1.5 A Systems View of Experimental Work -- 1.6 In Defense of Being a Generalist -- References -- Homework -- Chapter 2 The Nature of Experimental Work -- 2.1 Tested Guide of Strategy and Tactics -- 2.2 What Can Be Measured and What Cannot? |
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2.2.1 Examples Not Measurable -- 2.2.2 Shapes -- 2.2.3 Measurable by the Human Sensory System -- 2.2.4 Identifying and Selecting Measurable Factors -- 2.2.5 Intrusive Measurements -- 2.3 Beware Measuring Without Understanding: Warnings from History -- 2.4 How Does Experimental Work Differ from Theory and Analysis? -- 2.4.1 Logical Mode -- 2.4.2 Persistence -- 2.4.3 Resolution -- 2.4.4 Dimensionality -- 2.4.5 Similarity and Dimensional Analysis -- 2.4.6 Listening to Our Theoretician Compatriots -- 2.4.7 Surveys and Polls -- 2.5 Uncertainty -- 2.6 Uncertainty Analysis -- References -- Homework |
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Chapter 3 An Overview of Experiment Planning -- 3.1 Steps in an Experimental Plan -- 3.2 Iteration and Refinement -- 3.3 Risk Assessment/Risk Abatement -- 3.4 Questions to Guide Planning of an Experiment -- Homework -- Chapter 4 Identifying the Motivating Question -- 4.1 The Prime Need -- 4.2 An Anchor and a Sieve -- 4.3 Identifying the Motivating Question Clarifies Thinking -- 4.3.1 Getting Started -- 4.3.2 Probe and Focus -- 4.4 Three Levels of Questions -- 4.5 Strong Inference -- 4.6 Agree on the Form of an Acceptable Answer -- 4.7 Specify the Allowable Uncertainty -- 4.8 Final Closure |
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Reference -- Homework -- Chapter 5 Choosing the Approach -- 5.1 Laying Groundwork -- 5.2 Experiment Classifications -- 5.2.1 Exploratory -- 5.2.2 Identifying the Important Variables -- 5.2.3 Demonstration of System Performance -- 5.2.4 Testing a Hypothesis -- 5.2.5 Developing Constants for Predetermined Models -- 5.2.6 Custody Transfer and System Performance Certification Tests -- 5.2.7 Quality-Assurance Tests -- 5.2.8 Summary -- 5.3 Real or Simplified Conditions? -- 5.4 Single-Sample or Multiple-Sample? -- 5.5 Statistical or Parametric Experiment Design? -- 5.6 Supportive or Refutative? |
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5.7 The Bottom Line -- References -- Homework -- Chapter 6 Mapping for Safety, Operation, and Results -- 6.1 Construct Multiple Maps to Illustrate and Guide Experiment Plan -- 6.2 Mapping Prior Work and Proposed Work -- 6.3 Mapping the Operable Domain of an Apparatus -- 6.4 Mapping in Operator's Coordinates -- 6.5 Mapping the Response Surface -- 6.5.1 Options for Organizing a Table -- 6.5.2 Options for Presenting the Response on a Scatter-Plot-Type Graph -- Homework -- Chapter 7 Refreshing Statistics -- 7.1 Reviving Key Terms to Quantify Uncertainty -- 7.1.1 Population -- 7.1.2 Sample |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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7.1.3 Central Value |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Henk, Roy W
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| ISBN |
9781119532842 |
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1119532841 |
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