Introduction to the Theory of Error |
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
RANDOM ERROR OF A MEASURED QUANTITY | 7 |
F Probability | 15 |
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According to Eq approximation average value calculation calibration cm² computed quantity constant correlated errors counting rate determined differential calculus directly measured quantities equal to zero equations error curve error law estimate evaluated example experiment experimental expressed fractional average deviation fractional standard deviation Gauss error gm wt graph independent errors individual measurements instruments interval large number magnitude measured values measurements k ments method moment of inertia nonindependent errors NUCLEAR PHYSICS number of counts number of measurements number of values observed obtaining a deviation particles Physics plot precision index probability of obtaining probable error procedure R. H. Bacon radioactive decay random errors rejected result sample significant figures slide rule special rules square root statistical errors statistical fluctuations statistically independent straight line systematic errors theory tion total error total number variable weight factors weighted average white ball width მყ