Lab reference material for physics undergrads?

Stickybees

Hey, I'm wondering if there is a small reference book/sheet or so around for writing up experiments in undergraduate lab work, mostly in the error analysis? How did/do you go about deciding on how to calculate various errors?

Thanks!

mfb

Gaussian error propagation was fine for all my undergrad lab courses, and if it would have been wrong somewhere, I am sure the manual would explain how to calculate errors in this case.

Rule of thumb: If you measure something, there is an uncertainty involved. Check whether this can be neglected, otherwise propagate its error through your analysis.

eri

I've always used Taylor's 'An Introduction to Error Analysis'. It was a required text for my first year physics lab.

mikelepore

This site produced by a physics textbook publisher explains how to
calculate and use percent difference, percent error, etc.

http://www.polyhedronlearning.com/ce...nfo_frame.html