MEAS112 - Presentation of Measurement Data

There are many reasons one may need to present measurement data to another. Anything from a calibration label, technical report, or doctoral dissertation. Whenever measurement data is presented the basic elements of a measurement, the value, the uncertainty, the confidence interval, and the measurement units must be conveyed. This course gives a basic overview of techniques used to present measurement data.

The course outline is as follows:

• Introduction
• Elements of a measurement
  • Measured Value
  • Uncertainty
  • Confidence Interval
  • Measurement Units
• Reasons for Presenting Data
  • Calibration Labels, Certificates
  • Test Reports
  • Marketing, lobbying
  • White Papers and other Reports
  • Technical Presentations
  • Academic Papers
  • Thesis and Dissertations
• Single Values
• Tables
• Graphical Presentation of Data
  • Presentation of Binned Data
    • Pie Charts
    • Bar Charts
    • Histograms
    • Box and Whisker Plots
  • Graphical Presentation of Data Relationships
    • Scatter Plots
    • Line Graphs
    • Semilog plots
    • log-log plots
    • Surface Plots
  • Specialized Graphs
    • Polar Plots
    • The Smith Chart
  • Scaling
  • Error Bars
• Interpolation and Extrapolation
• Summary

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