TF ErrAna Homework

Errors

Find 3 published examples of data which is wrongly represented.

Identify what is incorrect about it. What does it mean to be wrongly presented? A typical example is a political poll which does not identify the statistical uncertainty properly or at all.

Create a Histogram using ROOT

some commands that may interest you

root [1] TH1F *Hist1=new TH1F("Hist1","Hist1",50,0.5,49.5)
root [2] Hist1->Fill(10);
root [3] Hist1->Draw();

You can use the above commands but you need to change the names and numbers above to receive credit. You must also add a title to the histogram which contains your full name. You will printout the histogram and hand it in with the above two problems.

Error Propagation

[1] Forest_Error_Analysis_for_the_Physical_Sciences