From 5049b8a7366e698bd08ee5a0e42bed455e48cae0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: charlesblakemore Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2024 10:56:38 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update for Week 2 Added material to the index page for week 2, and slightly modified the text. --- docs/Week2.md | 2 +- docs/index.md | 32 ++++++++++++++++---------------- 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/Week2.md b/docs/Week2.md index b96daff..0388825 100644 --- a/docs/Week2.md +++ b/docs/Week2.md @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ This week we are going to be discussing how to combine measurements and the impo When taking data or reading through scientific results, you will encounter measurements of the same parameter which were taken by different instruments, or where you don't have access to the raw data. One approach to combining multiple measurements is using a weighted average, where the weights depend on the uncertainties on each measurement. The first notebook will explore this approach and how it compares to taking the "true mean". -The second notebook will explore Poisson statistics. The Poisson distribution describes the number of random events which occur in a fixed period of time, where each event is independently and has a fixed average rate. This can be applied to radioactive decays, the earthquakes, or when our wifi randomly seems to go down. +The second notebook will explore Poisson statistics. The Poisson distribution describes the number of random events which occur in a fixed period of time, where each event is independent and there is a fixed average rate. This can be applied to collecting photons in cameras or other photodetectors, radioactive decays, earthquakes, or when our wifi randomly seems to go down. ## Scientific context and resources diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md index ef630cf..ae36b31 100644 --- a/docs/index.md +++ b/docs/index.md @@ -46,66 +46,66 @@ This is sufficient for the notes, but to do the tutorials you will need to downl * [Notebook 2: "Dice rolls and histograms"](https://github.com/KIPAC/Physics89L/blob/main/nb/01_02_Dice_Rolls_and_Histograms.ipynb) * [Notebook 3: "Hubble constant measurements"](https://github.com/KIPAC/Physics89L/blob/main/nb/01_03_Hubble_Measurements.ipynb) - - +--> - +--> - +--> - +--> - +--> - +--> - +--> ## Contact and Legal