Preface |
The importance of uncertainty in science and technology / 1: |
Measurement fundamentals / 2: |
Terms used in measurement / 3: |
Introduction to uncertainty in measurement / 4: |
Some statistical concepts / 5: |
Systematic errors / 6: |
Calculation of uncertainties / 7: |
Probability density, the Gaussian distribution and the Central Limit Theorem / 8: |
Sampling a Gaussian distribution / 9: |
The t-distribution, and the Welch-Satterthwaite formula / 10: |
Case studies in measurement uncertainty / 11: |
Appendices |
References |
Index |
Measurement matters / 1.1: |
Review / 1.2: |
The system of units of measurement / 2.1: |
Scientific and engineering notations / 2.2: |
Rounding and significant figures / 2.3: |
Another way of expressing proportional uncertainty / 2.4: |
Measurement and related terms / 2.5: |
Measurement and error / 3.2: |
Uncertainty is a parameter that characterises the dispersion of values / 4.2: |
Standard deviation as a basic measure of uncertainty / 4.3: |
The uncertainty in the estimate of uncertainty / 4.4: |
Combining standard uncertainties / 4.5: |
Sampling from a population / 4.6: |
The least-squares model and least-squares fitting / 5.2: |
Covariance and correlation / 5.3: |
Systematic error revealed by specific information / 5.4: |
Systematic error revealed by changed conditions / 6.2: |
The measurand model and propagation of uncertainties from inputs to measurand / 6.3: |
Correlated inputs / 7.2: |
Probability density, the Gaussian distribution and central limit theorem / 7.3: |
Distribution of scores when tossing coins or dice / 8.1: |
General properties of probability density / 8.2: |
The uniform or rectangular distribution / 8.3: |
The Gaussian distribution / 8.4: |
Experimentally observed non-Gaussian distributions / 8.5: |
The central limit theorem / 8.6: |
Sampling the distribution of the mean of a sample of size n, from a Gaussian population / 8.7: |
Sampling the distribution of the variance of a sample of size n, from a Gaussian population / 9.2: |
Sampling the distribution of the standard deviation of a sample of size n, from a Gaussian population / 9.3: |
The t-distribution and Welch-Satterthwaite formula / 9.4: |
The coverage interval for a Gaussian distribution / 10.1: |
The coverage interval using a t-distribution / 10.2: |
The Welch-Satterthwaite formula / 10.3: |
Reporting measurement results / 10.4: |
Determination of the coefficient of static friction for glass on glass / 11.2: |
A crater-formation experiment / 11.3: |
Determination of the density of steel / 11.4: |
The rate of evaporation of water from an open container / 11.5: |
Solutions to exercises / 11.6: |
95% Coverage factors, k, as a function of the number of degrees of freedom, v / Appendix B: |
Further discussion following from the Welch-Satterthwaite formula / Appendix C: |
Preface |
The importance of uncertainty in science and technology / 1: |
Measurement fundamentals / 2: |
Terms used in measurement / 3: |
Introduction to uncertainty in measurement / 4: |
Some statistical concepts / 5: |