An introduction to error analysis : the study of uncertainties in physical measurements /
Taylor, John R.(John Robert),1939-
Sausalito, Calif. : University Science Books,
c1997.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 299) and index.
Preliminary description of error analysis -- How to report and use uncertainties -- Propagation of uncertainties -- Statistical analysis of random uncertainties -- The normal distribution -- Rejection of data -- Weighted averages -- Least-squares fitting -- Covariance and correlation -- The binomial distribution -- The Poisson distribution -- The Chi-squared test for a distribution.
Physical measurements.
Error analysis (Mathematics)
Mathematical physics.