1. Today (1/19/15) Learning objectives:
propagation of moments with linear and nonlinear functions. Given y=(x) and a distribution in x with x and x, what are y and y?
determining the pdf for linear and non-linear functions. Given y=(x) and a distribution in x according to the pdf f(x), what is g(y)?
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2. Question 1
Consider ions passing through a pinhole and hitting a 1D detector as shown below. Given that the angular probability distribution of ions from the pinhole is given by f() = cos(), find the functional form of the pdf, g(y), measured at the linear strip detector. y L 
where 0    /2
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3. Question 2
Consider an MS experiment based on ion counting with a swept source (e.g., quadrupole). In a given sweep, a count is recorded every time one or more ions is detected in a given m/z channel, such that the measured counts will be binomially distributed.
-Derive an expression to recover the mean number of ions µ in a single sweep from the measured probability of observing a count p.
-What value of p corresponds to a mean bias of 1% from the true number of counts?
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4. Thursday (1/21/15) Independent reading:
3.2 – Approximating nonlinear functions
In-class lecture for 1/21/15:
3.1 – Sums of random variables
3.3 – Experimental standard deviation
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