目录 Part Ⅰ Introduction to Experimental Uncertainties and Error Analysis 1. No Information without Uncertainty Estimation 2. What is an Error Bar? 3. Random Errors, Systematic Errors, and Mistakes 4. How to Estimate Error Bars in Data 5. Sample Mean, Standard Deviation, and Standard Error 6. How and When to Throw Out Data 7. Combining Unrelated Sources of Error 8. Error Propagation in Calculations: Functions of a Single Measured Quantity 9. Error Propagation in Calculations. Functions of Several Measured Quantities 10. A Reality Check for Error Propagation. Fractional Uncertainty 11. Significant Figures 12. Graphical Representation of Experimental Data Part Ⅱ Experiments Lab 1 Young's Modulus Lab Lab 2 Standing Waves Lab 3 Physical Pendulum Lab 4 Moment of Inertia Measured by Three-Wire Pendulum Lab 5 The Prism Spectrometer: Dispersion and the Index of Refraction Lab 6 The Transmission Diffraction Grating: Measuring the Wavelength of Light Lab 7 Interference of Light Lab 8 Basic Measurer0ent Lab 9 Lenses and Simple Lens Systems Lab 10 Light Polarization--Malus's Law Lab 11 The Michelson Interferometer Lab 12 Diffraction and Interference of Plane Light Waves Lab 13 Construction of an Ammeter and Voltmeter Lab 14 Electric and Magnetic Forces Lab 15 Velocity of Sound in Air Lab 16 The Ballistic Galvanometer Lab 17 The Magnetic Field of a Solenoid and Ballistic Galvanometer Lab 18 Linear and Nonlinear Resistors Lab 19 Hall Effect Experiment Lab 20 Mapping the Electric Field Lab 21 The Measurement of Capacitance and High Resistance by Galvanometer Appendix References
