Home Contents Glossary Search Help

Significance of the area under a Gaussian
Previous Up

 

The area under a Gaussian distribution between limits, set above and below the peak, is important in the interpretation of experimental uncertainties.

A measurement is normally presented as r±s, but there is about a 32% probability of the value lying outside these limits.

Vary the limits in units of s (ks) to see change in the probability of the value lying within (or outside) these limits.

 

The University of Liverpool
© 1999, 2000 The University of Liverpool, Department of Physics

EPSRCProject funded by The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Materials Teaching Educational ResourcesWebsite developed and maintained by the MATTER Project