Differential Error Propagation
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uncertainty of an answer obtained from a calculation. Every time data are measured, there is an uncertainty associated with that measurement. (Refer to guide to Measurement and Uncertainty.) If these measurements used in your calculation have error propagation physics some uncertainty associated with them, then the final answer will, of course, have some
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level of uncertainty. For instance, in lab you might measure an object's position at different times in order to find the
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object's average velocity. Since both distance and time measurements have uncertainties associated with them, those uncertainties follow the numbers throughout the calculations and eventually affect your final answer for the velocity of that object. http://www.rit.edu/~w-uphysi/uncertainties/Uncertaintiespart2.html How would you determine the uncertainty in your calculated values? In lab, graphs are often used where LoggerPro software calculates uncertainties in slope and intercept values for you. In other classes, like chemistry, there are particular ways to calculate uncertainties. In fact, since uncertainty calculations are based on statistics, there are as many different ways to determine uncertainties as there are statistical methods. The error propagation methods presented in this http://physics.appstate.edu/undergraduate-programs/laboratory/resources/error-propagation guide are a set of general rules that will be consistently used for all levels of physics classes in this department. In the following examples: q is the result of a mathematical operation δ is the uncertainty associated with a measurement. For example, if you have a measurement that looks like this: m = 20.4 kg ±0.2 kg Thenq = 20.4 kg and δm = 0.2 kg First Step: Make sure that your units are consistent Make sure that you are using SI units and that they are consistent. If you are converting between unit systems, then you are probably multiplying your value by a constant. Please see the following rule on how to use constants. Logger Pro If you are using a curve fit generated by Logger Pro, please use the uncertainty associated with the parameters that Logger Pro give you. In the above linear fit, m = 0.9000 andδm = 0.05774. The uncertainty should be rounded to 0.06, which means that the slope must be rounded to the hundredths place as well: m = 0.90± 0.06 If the above values have units, don't forget to include them. Constants If an expression contains a constant, B, such that q =Bx, then: You can see the the co
with: (1) Functions of several variables. (2) Evaluation of partial derivatives, and the chain rules of differentiation. (3) Manipulation of summations in algebraic context. https://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/scenario/errorman/calculus.htm At this mathematical level our presentation can be briefer. We can dispense with the tedious explanations and elaborations of previous chapters. 6.2 THE CHAIN RULE AND DETERMINATE ERRORS If a result R = R(x,y,z) is calculated from a number of data quantities, x, y and z, then the relation: [6-1] ∂R ∂R ∂R dR = —— dx + error propagation —— dy + —— dz ∂x ∂y ∂z
holds. This is one of the "chain rules" of calculus. This equation has as many terms as there are variables. Then, if the fractional errors are small, the differentials dR, dx, dy and dz may be replaced by the absolute errors ΔR, Δx, Δy, and Δz, and written: propagation of error [6-2] ∂R ∂R ∂R ΔR ≈ —— Δx + —— Δy + —— Δz ∂x ∂y ∂z Strictly this is no longer an equality, but an approximation to DR, since the higher order terms in the Taylor expansion have been neglected. So long as the errors are of the order of a few percent or less, this will not matter. This equation is now an error propagation equation. [6-3] Finally, divide equation (6.2) by R: ΔR x ∂R Δx y ∂R Δy z ∂R Δz —— = —————+——— ——+————— R R ∂x x R ∂y y R ∂z z The factors of the form Δx/x, Δy/y, etc are relative (fractional) errors. This equation shows how the errors in the result depend on the errors in the data. Eq. 6.2 and 6.3 are called the standard form error equations. They are also called determinate error equations, because they are strictly valid for determinate errors (not indeterminate errors). [We'll get to indeterminate errors soon.] The coefficients in Eq. 6.3 of t