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# Discussion of Lab #1
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# Discussion of changes to course
==Discussion of final report==
# Calculating mean +/- standard error of the mean
===Rough draft of final report due beginning of Week 12 (Nov. 14)===
#* This is the foundation: allow us to find the most likely value of a parameter, with an associated value.  Knowing how to do this is essential for more sophisticated things we will learn: error propagation, fitting functions, etc.
====Decide which of the first four labs you are interested enough in to do final report====
#* Central limit theorem (I): (Last week) distribution of averaged measurmeents ... (II): distribution of single measurement as a result of a bunch of small, independent, random errors.
====Serious data analysis, thinking, and follow-on experiments required====
#* Significant figures
 
==Principle of maximum likelihood==
wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Likelihood_principle
 
==[[/Uncertainties|Reporting measurements with uncertainties]]==
 
==[[/Research stuff|Research stuff (Skipping this)]]==

Latest revision as of 11:49, 3 October 2011

Discussion of final report

Rough draft of final report due beginning of Week 12 (Nov. 14)

Decide which of the first four labs you are interested enough in to do final report

Serious data analysis, thinking, and follow-on experiments required

Principle of maximum likelihood

wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Likelihood_principle

Reporting measurements with uncertainties

Research stuff (Skipping this)

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