Spreadsheet Calculation of the Propagation of Experimental Imprecision

Robert de Levie
Department of Chemistry, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME 04011
J. Chem. Educ., 2000, 77 (4), p 534
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p534
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2000

Abstract

A spreadsheet is used to compute the propagation of imprecision, and a macro is described that will do this automatically.

Keywords (Audience):

First-Year Undergraduate / General

Keywords (Domain):

Physical Chemistry

Keywords (Feature):

Computer Bulletin Board

Keywords (Pedagogy):

Computer-Based Learning

Keywords (Subject):

Chemometrics

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