Christodoulides C., Christodoulides G. Analysis and Presentation of Experimental Results: With Examples, Problems and Programs

Springer International Publishing AG, 2017. — 530 p. — (Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics) — ISBN: 978-3-319-53344-5.The importance of the analysis and the presentation of experimental data cannot be overstated. Good experimental results may be rendered useless by failing to keep to certain rules in their presentation, either to an audience or in written form. It is our intention to present in this book these methods at an introductory university level. Those working in the experimental sciences, but also anyone involved in the analysis of numerical data, may find the book useful.
The book is intended to be used as a textbook and this has determined its characteristics: The theoretical proofs are given in considerable detail, many figures are used, as well as a large number of examples and problems to be solved by the reader.
The book may be used as a textbook for an introductory course on Data Analysis and Presentation. It is hoped that it will provide a useful addition to the existing literature.Basic Statistical Concepts
Measurement Errors
A Thought Experiment
The Statistical Analysis of Experimental Results
The Presentation of Numerical Results
The Propagation of Errors
The Three Basic Probability Distributions
The Statistics of Radioactivity
Elements from the Theory of Errors
Comparison and Rejection of Measurements
The Method of Least Squares
Graphs
The Written Report of the Results of an Experiment
Appendices
Answers to the Problems