Data Analysis and Measurement Uncertainty
A man walked into the Natural History Museum. He saw a dinosaur skeleton on display. He walked up to the guard and asked, “How old is that dinosaur?” The guard replied, “65 million and 30 years old.” The man said, “How do you know it is 65 million and 30 years old?” The guard said, “Oh, because it was 65 million years old when I started working here 30 years ago.”
Goals
- Calculate statistical properties including the average and uncertainty of a data set
- Gain appreciation for the concept of uncertainty in a measurement
- Measure your reaction time including its uncertainty
- Employ curve fitting in LoggerPro