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Course description

(offered in odd years only) Techniques of experimental design and data analysis for physics. Statistical techniques and their application to data (including errors and sampling). Transform analysis of linear systems (e.g. Fourier and wavelet) and key applications. Aspects of experimental technologies: design of mechanical systems; properties of special materials; vacuum technique; detection of radiation. Case studies of experimental design. These techniques are broad in application, and transferable to any field utilising sophisticated measurement technology , e.g. astronomy, biophysics or engineering.