An experiment subject only to random fluctuation within a normal distribution collects the following set of unitless numerical values: 15.8, 17.8, 19.5, 20.0, 14.7, 16.6, 16.8, 19.4, 18.3 A number of hypotheses are put forward for the theoretical value of what is measured here. Select all of the theoretical values given below that can be ruled out by our usual 1-sigma uncertainty criterion. 15.6 15.9 19.5 V 19.7

An experiment subject only to random fluctuation within a normal distribution collects the following set of unitless numerical values: 15.8, 17.8, 19.5, 20.0, 14.7, 16.6, 16.8, 19.4, 18.3 A number of hypotheses are put forward for the theoretical value of what is measured here. Select all of the theoretical values given below that can be ruled out by our usual 1-sigma uncertainty criterion. 15.6 15.9 19.5 V 19.7

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Chapter10: Statistical Physics

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