An introduction to error analysis : the study of uncertainties in physical measurements - Taylor, John R. (John Robert), 1939- (Sausalito, Calif. : University Science Books, 1997)
Ch. 1. Preliminary Description of Error Analysis -- Ch. 2. How to Report and Use Uncertainties -- Ch. 3. Propagation of Uncertainties -- Ch. 4. Statistical Analysis and Random Uncertainties -- Ch. 5. The Normal Distribution -- Ch. 6. Rejection of Data -- Ch. 7. Weighted Averages -- Ch. 8. Least-Squares Fitting -- Ch. 9. Covariance and Correlation -- Ch. 10. The Binomial Distribution -- Ch. 11. The Poisson Distribution -- Ch. 12. The Chi-Squared Test for a Distribution -- App. A. Normal Error Integral, I -- App. B. Normal Error Integral, II -- App. C. Probabilities for Correlation Coefficients -- App. D. Probabilities for Chi Squared -- App. E. Two Proofs Concerning Sample Standard Deviations -- Answers to Quick Checks and Odd-Numbered Problems.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 299) and index.
Keywords: Physical measurements; Error analysis (Mathematics); Mathematical physics