Contents

1 - Introduction

2 - Motivation

3 - Backgammon 101

4 - Bell Curves

5 - Using the Gaussian

6 - The Reading Error

7 - The Precision

8 - Significant Figures

9 - Propagation of Errors of Precision

10 - The Error in the Mean

11 - Some Theory

12 - The Accuracy

13 - Rejection of Measurements

14 - Graphical Analysis

References

Summary of Formulae