Metrology + experiments¶

Five ranked references. Rank 1 is the default spine, not a requirement to read all five.

1 | NIST/SEMATECH e-Handbook of Statistical Methods¶

NIST, SEMATECH | Primary reference | Undergraduate / professional

Authoritative practical reference for measurement, uncertainty, exploratory analysis, calibration, DOE, reliability, and process statistics.

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2 | Design and Analysis of Experiments¶

Douglas C. Montgomery | DOE spine | Upper undergraduate / graduate

The standard engineering text for factorials, blocking, response surfaces, robust experiments, and statistical design.

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3 | Statistics for Experimenters: Design, Innovation, and Discovery¶

George E. P. Box, J. Stuart Hunter, William G. Hunter | Experimental thinking | Graduate / professional

Develops sequential experimentation, factorial reasoning, response surfaces, and the philosophy of learning from intervention.

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4 | An Introduction to Error Analysis¶

John R. Taylor | Measurement uncertainty | Undergraduate

Best compact introduction to uncertainty, propagation, distributions, fits, and reporting physical measurements.

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5 | Data Reduction and Error Analysis for the Physical Sciences¶

Philip R. Bevington, D. Keith Robinson | Data-analysis depth | Undergraduate / graduate

Classic scientific-data treatment of uncertainties, fitting, likelihood, regression, and computational analysis.

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Strongest legal free/open path¶

• NIST/SEMATECH e-Handbook of Statistical Methods: Full legal online handbook: open