Physics307L:Schedule/Week 10 agenda: Difference between revisions

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Update on faster than light neutrinos
Group work (10 minutes) -- two measurements, what to do?
- (write on the board) You obtain two independent measurements of the speed of light(a) 34.8 +/- 0.5 cm/ns (b) 0.28(2) m/ns
- Discuss with neighbor: As a scientist, what should you do with these measurements to report a final answer? What do you want to do? What can you do? What if your reputation were to depend on it? What if lives were at stake or otherwise super-important?
Discussion of group work (20 minutes)

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-*Fitting a line
+__NOTOC__
-**AKA linear regression; least-squares fit for a line
+==2011==
-**Why fitting a line?
+* Update on faster than light neutrinos
-**Theoretical
+* Group work (10 minutes) -- two measurements, what to do?
-**Practical step by step w/ Excel
+** (write on the board) You obtain two independent measurements of the speed of light(a) 34.8 +/- 0.5 cm/ns (b) 0.28(2) m/ns
+** Discuss with neighbor: As a scientist, what should you do with these measurements to report a final answer?  What do you want to do?  What can you do? What if your reputation were to depend on it?  What if lives were at stake or otherwise super-important?
+* Discussion of group work (20 minutes)
+* Links on other pages for now (rest of time)
+==Prior years==
+* Sebastian / Matthew example SEM
+[[/Linear fitting|Derivation of linear fitting]]
+==[[/Random numbers|Generating Random Numbers from Arbitrary PDFs]]==
+==Supporting Excel sheets==
+* [[Image:Weighted mean and random.xlsx]] (This is the Excel 2007 version)
+* [[Image:Weighted mean and random.xls]] (This is the Excell 2003 version)