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Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

Preparation and Evaluation of Experiments

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 480-8303/01
Abbreviation PVE
Course title Preparation and Evaluation of Experiments
Credits 2
Coordinating department Department of Physics
Course coordinator Mgr. Ing. Kamila Hrabovská, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Theory of measurement of physical quantities: the reproducibility of the measurement results as the basis of the scientific method. Measurement as a process of comparison. Measuring units - SI system of units. Calibration and certification
2. Measurement uncertainty: the result of the measurement, the measurement error and the real value. The uncertainty of the measurement outcome. Statistical standard uncertainty (type A). Systematic standard uncertainty (type B). The combined standard uncertainty. Expanded uncertainty increases the reliability of measurement results. Covariance law and Gauss' law of propagation of uncertainty in indirect measurements. Functional dependencies – the band of confidence . Rules for rounding off and numerical formulation of the measurement result. Reliability and validity of measurement results.
3. Direct measurement parameters: a measurement of length, angle, volume, time, weight, temperature , pressure, electric voltage.
4. Scheme of the experiment: experimental design. General formats of graphs of physical dependencies. Realization of the experiment. The record of direct measurements - data table format. Evaluation and analysis of experimental results. Publication of the results of an experiment (necessary components of a laboratory report). Sample laboratory report.

E-learning

no e-learning available

Literature

TAYLOR, J., R.: An Introduction to Error Analysis: The Study of Uncertainties
in Physical Measurements University Science Books; 2nd edition 1996.

Advised literature

Fornasini Paolo. The Uncertainty in Physical Measurements: An Introduction to Data Analysis in the Physics Laboratory,
Springer; 2008. ISBN 978-0387786490