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Lab 1 - Monte Carlo Methods - Volume
of the Library
Full Name:
Partner’s Full Name:
By the end of the lab prep, you should be able to…
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Know the definition of mean and standard deviation and be able to calculate these
quantities for any data set
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Recognize measurements as continuous, rather than discrete, values.
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Use a spreadsheet to calculate the result of a function
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Recognize characteristics of a normal distribution.
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Know that the number of digits in data representation should be based upon
uncertainties and not upon fixed significant figures rules
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Use the idea of standard deviation to express the number of appropriate digits for any
calculation
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Compare representations of data using significant figures and using uncertainties
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Describe the difference between statistical and systematic uncertainties
By the end of this lab, you should be able to…
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Categorize an uncertainty as either statistical or systematic
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Characterize data with a probability distribution based upon mean and standard
deviation
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Critique the limitations of the Gaussian assumption
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Use a spreadsheet to generate random numbers with both a flat distribution and a
normal distribution with a given mean and standard deviation
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Describe the fundamental principle of Monte Carlo-based error propagation as being
based upon pulling values from a probability distribution and putting them in a formula.
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Use a probability distribution to get possible values
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Create a spreadsheet to generate the possible values
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Compute a set of possible results of a formula using a spreadsheet
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Synthesize the results of those formula results into a single representation of your final
measurement
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Set-up a spreadsheet to propagate errors using Monte Carlo methods for a new set of
data and a through a new mathematical formula
Overview
In this lab, you will be designing a method to measure the height of the library. Once you collect
the data, you will be analyzing it using probability distributions and the Monte Carlo Method.
In this lab, you will be working in your team of four. However, you will be turning in lab reports as
pairs.
Part 1 - Measure the Volume of the Library
First, you and your lab team will design a method to measure the length, width, and height of
the W.E.B. du Bois Library here on campus. The only measuring instrument you will have is a
meter stick. You will only measure only the
tower
of the library.
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NOTE:
You are
not
being graded on your accuracy. The variations within a team and among
teams are the critical focus of this lab!
1.
Describe your methods of measuring the dimensions of the library.
Once your team has decided on a method of measuring the library,
each team member needs
to execute the plan individually
.
Everyone should follow the agreed upon plan as close
as possible.
Again, you are not being graded on your accuracy. The variation in your results will
be critical to the statistical analysis portion of this lab.Try to avoid sharing data with each other
until the second part of this lab.
WARNING: DO NOT ENTER THE FENCED IN SPACE AROUND
THE LIBRARY! THIS IS A RESTRICTED SPACE!
2.
Record your team’s measurements and calculate the volume of the library using the
dimensions you measured, and record them for the second part of this lab. Record your
team’s measurements in the table below:
Teammate
Length l (m)
Width w (m)
Height h (m)
Volume V (m
3
)
1
2
3
4
Part 2 - Statistical Analysis
You may have learned in previous classes ways of determining uncertainties. A more rigorous
method that always works is the Monte Carlo method with which you should be familiar with the
prep. This method is the method used in most research today.
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