Module 1: Introduction to Experimental Techniques
  Lecture 6: Uncertainty analysis
 

 

Here is interpreted as the fraction of the total number of readings that falls between and . Hence the probability that any given value is less than is

and the probability that it is between and is

The function where the dimensionless variable is is available in tabular form (Table A1) and Figure 1.15

Figure 1.15: Definition of for Gaussian PDF (Table A1).