TY - BOOK AU - Bevington, Philip R. AU - Robinson, D. Keith TI - Data reduction and error analysis for the physical sciences SN - 9789339221201 U1 - 511.43 BEV-P PY - 2003/// CY - India PB - McGraw Hill Education KW - Multivariate analysis KW - Error analysis (Mathematics) KW - Less Squares KW - Data reduction N1 - The purpose of this book is to provide an introduction to the concepts of statistical analysis of data for students at the undergraduate and graduate level, and to provide tools for data reduction and error analysis commonly required in the physical sciences. The presentation is developed from a practical point of view, including enough derivation to justify the results, but emphasizing methods of handling data more than theory. The text provides a variety of numerical and graphical techniques. Computer programs that support these techniques will be available on an accompanying website in both Fortran and C++ ER -