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]

How did/do you go about deciding on how to calculate various errors?

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]

How did/do you go about deciding on how to calculate various errors?

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

http://www.polyhedronlearning.com/cengage/lab_info_frame.html