Machine derived contents note: Introduction to Experimentation. -- Characteristics of Experimental Data. -- Graphical Presentation of Data. -- Dealing with Uncertainties. -- Statistical Approach to Variability in Data. -- Fitting a Line to x-y Data: Least Squares Method. -- Reporting Experiments. -- Using a Pocket Calculator for Data Analysis. -- Spreadsheets in Data Analysis. -- Appendices. -- Answers. -- Index
Summary
This text provides details of the experimental tools that science and engineering students, with a substantial laboratory component to their undergraduate studies, will need. The early chapters assume no prior knowledge of data analysis techniques