Demonstrating Poisson Statistics.

Vetterling, William T.

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ERIC Number: EJ228672

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Publication Date: 1980-May

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Demonstrating Poisson Statistics.

Vetterling, William T.

American Journal of Physics, v48 n5 p342-44 May 1980

Describes an apparatus that offers a very lucid demonstration of Poisson statistics as applied to electrical currents, and the manner in which such statistics account for shot noise when applied to macroscopic currents. The experiment described is intended for undergraduate physics students. (HM)

Descriptors: College Science, Electronics, Higher Education, Physics, Resource Materials, Science Activities, Science Education, Science Equipment, Science Experiments, Science Instruction, Undergraduate Students

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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