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==Summer research==
* http://news.jic.ac.uk/2011/10/applications-open-for-the-undergraduate-summer-programme/


==Discussion of Lab==
==Discussion of Lab==

Revision as of 08:47, 6 October 2011

Summer research

Discussion of Lab

Summary for Lab#2

Rough draft of final report due beginning of Week 12

Lecture

Error propagation 1.0

  • Example

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 and when linear fit?

Theoretical background

Practical examples (We did this last week)

Fitting y = mx + b versus x = m'y + b'

More sophisticated curve fitting...a must read!

REMEMBER to use example of fitting y = mx + b versus x = m'y + b'

Finance Lab