Counting Statistics and Error Prediction Chapter 1-NT Chapter3 Counting Statistics and Error Prediction GK Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. 1

3 Counting Statistics and Error Prediction-GK © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved.

3 Counting Statistics and Error Prediction-GK I. Characterization of Data 66 II. Statistical Models 70 III. Applications of Statistical Models 79 IV. Error Propagation 85 v. Optimization of Counting Experiments 92 VI. Limits of Detectability 94 VII. Distribution of Time Intervals © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved.

3.1 CHARACTERIZATION OF DATA-1-GK © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved.

3.1..con CHARACTERIZATION OF DATA-2-GK © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved.

3.1..cont.. CHARACTERIZATION OF DATA-3-GK © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved.

3.1..cont.. CHARACTERIZATION OF DATA-4-GK © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved.

3.1..cont.. CHARACTERIZATION OF DATA-5-GK © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved.

3.1..cont.. CHARACTERIZATION OF DATA-6-GK © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved.

3.1..cont.. CHARACTERIZATION OF DATA-7-GK © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved.

II. Statistical Models-1-NT © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved.

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2.4 …….II. Statistical Models -5-NT © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved.

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2.5 …….II. Statistical Models -8-NT © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved.

2.5 …….II. Statistical Models -9-NT © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved.

2.6 DISPERSION INDEXES, VARIANCE, AND STANDARD DEVIATION-10-NT