Physics 771 Fall 2014
Frequently Asked Questions
I will try to answer here your main questions from lecture (not just "frequently asked" ones, but any well-posed questions). Please ask again if anything is still not clear! Note I will occasionally go back later and add to or amend an answer.
- October 20 FAQ 1 Statistical and systematic uncertainties, mean and variance, propagation of errors pdf html
- October 24 FAQ 2 Probability, Bayes' Law, binomial, Poisson and Gaussian distributions pdf html
- October 28 FAQ 3 Error on the mean, error matrices and ellipses pdf html
- October 31 FAQ 4 Correlation coefficient, more on error matrices and ellipses pdf html
- November 10 FAQ 5 More on covariance, asymmetry example pdf html
- November 18 FAQ 6 Maximum likelihood, least squares pdf html
- November 21 FAQ 7 Uncertainties on parameters, least squares for linear parameters pdf html
- November 24 FAQ 8 Confidence intervals, hypothesis testing pdf html