Physics307L:Schedule/Week 10 agenda

2011

• 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)

• Links on other pages for now (rest of time)

Prior years

• Sebastian / Matthew example SEM

Derivation of linear fitting

Supporting Excel sheets

• File:Weighted mean and random.xlsx (This is the Excel 2007 version)
• File:Weighted mean and random.xls (This is the Excell 2003 version)