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S30 Introduction To Experimentation
with Dr. Ernest Rabinowicz (M.I.T.)
14 videotape set
English
$4,900
individual videotape $400 ea.

These exceptional videotapes are a very practical series of lectures and demonstrations on the designing, carrying out, and reporting of experiments. The topics covered include: the characteristics of instruments, errors of measurement, statistical analysis of data, plotting functional relationships, correlation, and technical reporting.

This systematic approach to meaningful experimentation can be beneficially applied to a wide variety of problems in research and engineering.

The complete course includes: 14 black & white videotapes, one study guide, and one textbook -

"An Introduction to Experimentation". One Study Guide is recommended for each participant, and may be purchased for $30.00 each, plus shipping and handling. The Textbook may also be purchased for $8.95 each, plus shipping and handling.

Brief individual videotape descriptions are as follows:

Tape One - Experimentation The various steps in an experimental investigation
Tape Two - Resolution of Instruments Discussion of sensitivity, accuracy and resolution
Tape Three - Errors of Measurement Errors of the caliper micrometer and how they can be minimized
Tape Four - Combination of Errors Derivation of formula for external error propagation where quantities are multiplied together
Tape Five - The Normal Distribution Deviation of the error components for an external error estimate
Tape Six - Internal Error Estimate Implications of a non-normal distribution and ways of adjusting it to normalcy
Tape Seven - Computing the Standard Deviation Comparison of internal and external error, and the optimum way of combining them
Tape Eight - The Chi-Squared Test The chi-squared parameter defined, and adjustment for expanded degrees of freedom explained
Tape Nine - The Poisson Distribution Application of the chi-square test to show personal error in estimating final digits
Tape Ten - The Best Straight Line Methods of deriving the best straight line through a set of points
Tape Eleven - Plotting Other Functions Resolving choices when a number of plotted functions will give a linear plot
Tape Twelve - Correlation Procedures for detecting nonlinearity
Tape Thirteen - The Technical Report (1) Main method of conveying experimental results
Tape Fourteen - The Technical Report (2) Discussion of satisfactory graphing methods