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== | ==Summer research== | ||
* http://news.jic.ac.uk/2011/10/applications-open-for-the-undergraduate-summer-programme/ | |||
=== | ==Maximum likelihood, fitting a line== | ||
==== | [http://openwetware.org/wiki/Physics307L:Schedule/Week_8_agenda#Fitting_a_line_.28linear_regression.2C_least-squares_fit_for_a_line.29 fitting a line background, derivation] | ||
==Reporting results with uncertainty reminder== | |||
http://openwetware.org/wiki/Physics307L:Schedule/Week_6_agenda/Uncertainties | |||
===Principle of Maximum Likelihood=== | |||
====Excel Sheet==== | |||
====[[Media:307L 2007 Week 8 Millikan data.xlsx]]==== | |||
==Fitting a line (linear regression, least-squares fit for a line)== | |||
===[[/Why linear fit|Why and when linear fit?]]=== | |||
===[[/Linear fit theory|Theoretical background]]=== | |||
===[[/Linear fit practice|Practical examples]] (We did this last week)=== | |||
====Fitting y = mx + b versus x = m'y + b'==== | |||
===[http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~kovar/hall.html More sophisticated curve fitting...a must read!]=== | |||
====REMEMBER to use example of fitting y = mx + b versus x = m'y + b'==== | |||
==If time, Talents lecture== |
Latest revision as of 11:48, 10 October 2011
Summer research
Maximum likelihood, fitting a line
fitting a line background, derivation
Reporting results with uncertainty reminder
http://openwetware.org/wiki/Physics307L:Schedule/Week_6_agenda/Uncertainties