Mathematics for Measurement

Mathematics for Measurement

Some materials are provided electronically. This is not a substitute for purchasing the paper copy of the materials from the bookstore. Those are quite inexpensive and are copied and prepared in a way to make it easy for you to put them into a notebook with the dividers, as required. See the first-day handout for the course for details.

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6	Syllabus and Calendar doc
8	Topic A. Solving Equations and Evaluating Expressions doc	Covers algebra in quite a lot of detail. Review.
8	Topic B. Formulas - Computing and Graphing doc
16	Topic C. Using a Spreadsheet doc	Examples 7 & 17 Excel workbook	Alternative spreadsheet programs (some free) .
16	\|Topic D. Approximate Numbers, Part I. Communicating Precision of Approximate Numbers doc		More information about rounding. Both review and advanced.
6	Topic E. Using a Calculator doc
18	Topic F. Angles and Construction of Diagrams doc
14	Topic G . Linear Equations – Algebra and Spreadsheets doc	Graph a parameterized line workbook \| Workbook with solutions to Day 4 handout problems
12	Topic H. Linear Formulas - Word Problems doc
6	Topic I. Approximate Numbers, Part II. Propagation of Errors in Computing with Rounded Numbers doc
	Topic J. Data doc
	Topic K. Modeling, Part I. (linear and quadratic models) doc	Modeling workbooks: for class presentation for students to practice(same as class presentation, but with things already done.) With Topic K datasets General (includes more than we are discussing in this Topic.)
10	Topic L. Trigonometry, Part I. Tangent Ratio in Right Triangles doc
12	Topic M. Trigonometry, Part II. Ratios and Relationships in Right Triangles doc
10 8	Topic N. Approximate Numbers, Part III. Communicating the Results of Computations doc Supplement to Topic N. Topic N2. Significant Digits doc
	Topic O. Approximate Numbers, Part IV. Input Sensitivity - graphs doc
	Topic P. Modeling, Part II. (exponential models and other ideas) Pdoc	Class example \| General Modeling workbook	Practice 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4
10	Topic Q: Trigonometry, Part III. Sine and Cosine Formulas on Larger Intervals doc
6 8	Topic R: Trigonometry, Part IV Solving General Triangles doc Supplement toTopic R. Topic R2. The Ambiguous Case doc
16	Topic S: Modeling, Part III. Automated Fitting of Models, Comparative Goodness of Fit, and Outliers doc	Modeling workbook
	Topic T: Approximate Numbers, Part V. Input Sensitivity - numbers Tdoc
	Topic U: Modeling, Part IV. Power Functions and Logarithmic Graphs. Udoc
8	Topic V: Trigonometry, Part VI. Applications and Spreadsheet. (also includes some parts not on the web) partial	Trig workbook (See "Assignments" in Blackboard course.)
	Topic W. Modeling, Part V. Additional Useful Modeling Formulas Wdoc
12	Topic X: Approximate Numbers, Part VI. Reducing Noise by Averaging Measurements Xdoc
	Topic Y: Modeling, Part VI Combining Modeling Formulas Ydoc
10 10	Topics Z1 and Z2: Approximate Numbers, Part VII. Error propagation of Noise – the Empirical Method Z1doc \| Z2doc
	Topic ZA: Approximate Numbers, Part VIII. Error propagation with multiple input values - mathematical formulas ZAdoc