Measures of radioactivity: a tool for understanding statistical data analysis
Physics Education
2013-10-10 v1 Nuclear Experiment
Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability
Abstract
A learning path on radioactivity in the last class of high school is presented. An introduction to radioactivity and nuclear phenomenology is followed by measurements of natural radioactivity. Background and weak sources are monitored for days or weeks. The data are analyzed in order to understand the importance of statistical analysis in modern physics.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1201.0553,
title = {Measures of radioactivity: a tool for understanding statistical data analysis},
author = {Vera Montalbano and Sonia Quattrini},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1201.0553},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
3 pages, 2 figures, Twelfth International Symposium Frontiers of Fundamental Physics (FFP12), Udine 21-23 November 2011