http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Sat, 18 May 2013 15:23:08 PDT Sat, 18 May 2013 15:23:08 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=82609 Reliability of a measurement; an introduction to simple statistics for science students. Average, mean, deviation from the mean, standard deviation, systematic and random error. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=82607 Digits, significant and otherwise; rules for rounding off and the reasoning behind them; some special cases such as crossing power-of-10 boundaries. Elementary but thorough treatment suitable for beginners in science. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=82605 How to deal with error and scatter in measured values; absolute and relative uncertainty. An elementary but thorough treatment suitable for beginners in science. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=82613 How to recognize pseudoscience and distinguish it from science; pathological science, junk science, and "bad" science. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=82611 The bell-shaped curve, confidence intervals, using statistical tests of make conclusions, how to lie with statistics.