List of Errors and Typos Found in "Data Reduction and Error
Analysis for the Physical Sciences"
by Philip R. Bevington and D. Keith Robinson (3rd Edition):
Please report any additional typos you find to your instructors so
they can be added to this list.
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Page 46
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Formula 3.39 should not have the factor of "b" in it.
Formula 3.40 should not have the factor of "b" in it. Amazingly, this
mistake was added between the 2nd and 3rd editions of the book.
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Page 49
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Problem 3.5: the uncertainties should be specified as "0.020" with and extra digit
to match the precision of the given values.
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Page 49
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Problem 3.7: the given formula for the chord is incorrect.
The correct version is R = (L^2)/8h + h/2.
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Page 50
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Problem 3.9: "Frequency of occurance"
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Page 146
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Equation 8.6: the subscript on the "sigma" should be "j", not "i".
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Page 152
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Figure 8.4: The zig-zag line representing the grid search motion is incorrect.
The first leg, for example, should extend much further to the right, about half
way across the figure, to where the gradient along that line is again rising, not
falling. All the other line segments must be similarly corrected.