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# Measurements and their Uncertainties: A practical guide to modern error analysis

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Review: Recommended Book - I recently reviewed 10 current books on data and error analysis for undergraduate physics majors, and recommend this one by Hughes and Hase. I was looking for a book that students can read and understand on their own, is concise and easily used as a quick reference, is inexpensive, and follows a relatively modern approach. Hughes and Hase meet these criteria. Their book is written in an easy to understand style that uses a "visual" approach to explain concepts and derive formulas (using many thumbnail-sized plots in the margins). I also like the topical sequence: Look at real data before delving into probability. The book takes good departures from tradition by only presenting addition of uncertainties in quadrature and by including a computational approach to uncertainty estimation based on spreadsheets. Missing concepts that I would like to see included are GUM (Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement) and bootstrapping. This is the shortest (<150 pages) and least expensive ($35) of the available books.
Review: great textbook - I have to agree with the other review. The textbook is inexpensive, well written, filled with examples and graphs, and keeps the math derivations to the bare minimum needed. I like it better than Taylor, which is long, and takes forever to get to the point. Hughes will get to the point immediately. Each chapter is fairly short and nice to read. I don't generally like long chapters for this type of thing, since the concepts are themselves very simple, they should be taught in a simple way, as this book does. There are of course some shortcomings (topics we'd like them to expand on, minor typos), but overall, this is the best book available at this time to teach or learn this kind of material at the undergraduate level.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #687,812 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #55 in Scientific Measurement #254 in Mathematical Physics (Books) #275 in Mathematical Analysis (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (96) |
| Dimensions  | 0.4 x 7.4 x 9.6 inches |
| Edition  | 1st |
| ISBN-10  | 019956633X |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0199566334 |
| Item Weight  | 12 ounces |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 160 pages |
| Publication date  | October 1, 2010 |
| Publisher  | Oxford University Press |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Recommended Book
*by E***R on June 29, 2011*

I recently reviewed 10 current books on data and error analysis for undergraduate physics majors, and recommend this one by Hughes and Hase. I was looking for a book that students can read and understand on their own, is concise and easily used as a quick reference, is inexpensive, and follows a relatively modern approach. Hughes and Hase meet these criteria. Their book is written in an easy to understand style that uses a "visual" approach to explain concepts and derive formulas (using many thumbnail-sized plots in the margins). I also like the topical sequence: Look at real data before delving into probability. The book takes good departures from tradition by only presenting addition of uncertainties in quadrature and by including a computational approach to uncertainty estimation based on spreadsheets. Missing concepts that I would like to see included are GUM (Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement) and bootstrapping. This is the shortest (<150 pages) and least expensive ($35) of the available books.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ great textbook
*by L***B on January 16, 2013*

I have to agree with the other review. The textbook is inexpensive, well written, filled with examples and graphs, and keeps the math derivations to the bare minimum needed. I like it better than Taylor, which is long, and takes forever to get to the point. Hughes will get to the point immediately. Each chapter is fairly short and nice to read. I don't generally like long chapters for this type of thing, since the concepts are themselves very simple, they should be taught in a simple way, as this book does. There are of course some shortcomings (topics we'd like them to expand on, minor typos), but overall, this is the best book available at this time to teach or learn this kind of material at the undergraduate level.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Quick and comprehensible to use
*by S***L on February 7, 2013*

This book can be used for a good introduction to uncertainties in measurements on every level of expertise. Would definitely recommend it.

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