Basic Concepts of Data and Error Analysis With Introductions to Probability and Statistics and to Computer Methods /

• Main Author: Kaloyerou, Panayiotis Nicos (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Physical measurements.; Measurement .; Statistics .; Continuum physics.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.; Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences.; Classical and Continuum Physics.; Mathematical and Computational Engineering.

This introductory textbook explains the concepts and methods of data and error analysis needed for laboratory experiment write-ups, especially physics and engineering experiments. The book contains the material needed for beginning students, e.g., first year university students, college students (en...

Table of Contents:

• Units of Measurement
• Scientific Calculations, Significant Figures and Graphs
• Error Analysis
• The Method of Least Squares
• Theoretical Background - Probability and Statistics
• Use of Computers
• A: Bibliography
• B: Tables
• C: Some Mathematical Formulae and Relations
• D: Some Biographies
• E: Solutions.