Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the fourth edition
- Preface to the first edition
- 1 The object of practical physics
- PART 1 STATISTICAL TREATMENT OF DATA
- PART 2 EXPERIMENTAL METHODS
- PART 3 RECORD AND CALCULATIONS
- APPENDICES
- A Evaluation of some integrals connected with the Gaussian function
- B The variance of s2 for a Gaussian distribution
- C The straight line – the standard error in the slope and intercept
- D The binomial and Poisson distributions
- E The χ2 distribution – test of goodness of fit
- F SI units
- G Values of physical constants
- H Mathematical tables
- Solutions to exercises
- Some useful books
- References
- Index
D - The binomial and Poisson distributions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the fourth edition
- Preface to the first edition
- 1 The object of practical physics
- PART 1 STATISTICAL TREATMENT OF DATA
- PART 2 EXPERIMENTAL METHODS
- PART 3 RECORD AND CALCULATIONS
- APPENDICES
- A Evaluation of some integrals connected with the Gaussian function
- B The variance of s2 for a Gaussian distribution
- C The straight line – the standard error in the slope and intercept
- D The binomial and Poisson distributions
- E The χ2 distribution – test of goodness of fit
- F SI units
- G Values of physical constants
- H Mathematical tables
- Solutions to exercises
- Some useful books
- References
- Index
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- Practical Physics , pp. 171 - 175Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2001