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General Engineering Statistics

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Key Chapter Learning Objectives and Outcomes: Know how to evaluate measurement error and uncertainty. Understand how to use the correct number significant figures. Know how to calculate basic statistical terms.

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  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

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Free, M.L. (2022). General Engineering Statistics. In: Hydrometallurgy. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88087-3_12

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