Part Ⅰ  Introduction to Experimental  Uncertainties and Error Analysis
1. No Information without Uncertainty Estimation                      (3)
2. What is an Error Bar?                      (4)
3. Random Errors,Systematic Errors,and Mistakes                      (5)
4. How to Estimate Error Bars in Data                      (6)
5. Sample Mean,Standard Deviation,and Standard Error                      (8)
6. How and When to Throw Out Data                      (10)
7. Combining Unrelated Sources of Error                      (10)
8. Error Propagation in Calculations: Functions of a Single Measured  Quantity                       (12)
9. Error Propagation in Calculations: Functions of Several Measured  Quantities                       (13)
10. A Reality Check for Error Propagation: Fractional Uncertainty                      (14)
11. Significant Figures                       (15)
12. Graphical Representation of Experimental Data                      (17)
Part Ⅱ  Experiments
Lab 1  Youngs Modulus Lab                      (25)
Lab 2  Standing Waves                      (31)
Lab 3  Physical Pendulum                      (38)
Lab 4  Moment of Inertia Measured by  ThreeWire Pendulum                       (42)
Lab 5  The Prism Spectrometer:  Dispersion and the Index of Refraction                      (45)
Lab 6  The Transmission Diffraction  Grating: Measuring the Wavelength of Light                      (53)
Lab 7  Interference of Light                      (59)
Lab 8  Basic Measurement                      (65)
Lab 9  Lenses and Simple Lens  Systems                      (70)
Lab 10  Light Polarization—Maluss  Law                      (79)
Lab 11  The Michelson Interferometer                      (85)
Lab 12  Diffraction and Interference  of Plane Light Waves                       (92)
Lab 13  Construction of an Ammeter  and Voltmeter                       (100)
Lab 14  Electric and Magnetic Forces                      (106)
Lab 15  Velocity of Sound in Air                      (111)
Lab 16  The Ballistic  Galvanometer                       (118)
Lab 17  The Magnetic Field of a  Solenoid and Ballistic Galvanometer                       (126)
Lab 18  Linear and Nonlinear  Resistors                       (133)
Lab 19  Hall Effect Experiment                      (136)
Lab 20  Mapping the Electric  Field                      (144)
Lab 21  The Measurement of  Capacitance and High Resistance by Galvanometer                      (150)
Appendix                      (154)
References                       (160)