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Physics Practicals

Module 1 - UM

Statistics of rolling a pair of dice, including an Activity of repeating the roll of dice 36 times. The module introduces:

  • Histograms
  • Probability distributions
  • Triangular probability distributions
  • The mean or average
  • The deviation
  • The variance

The modules also include links to videos using the computing environment (Python or Excel) for analysis of the data.

Materials
  Uncertainty in Physical Measurements Module 1 - Excel Version Student Guide
  Uncertainty in Physical Measurements Module 1 - Python Version Student Guide
  Uncertainty Module 1 - Equipment List Equipment List and Setup