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Data Reduction and Error Analysis for the Physical Sciences.

Philip R. Bevington
- 01 Mar 1972 - 
- Vol. 67, Iss: 337, pp 249
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Numerical methods matrices graphs and tables histograms and graphs computer routines in Pascal and Monte Carlo techniques dependent and independent variables least-squares fit to a polynomial least-square fit to an arbitrary function fitting composite peaks direct application of the maximum likelihood.
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Uncertainties in measurements probability distributions error analysis estimates of means and errors Monte Carlo techniques dependent and independent variables least-squares fit to a polynomial least-squares fit to an arbitrary function fitting composite peaks direct application of the maximum likelihood. Appendices: numerical methods matrices graphs and tables histograms and graphs computer routines in Pascal.

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