A simple technique is presented for obtaining without calculation the best fitting line according to the least squares criterion, provided the points are equally spaced horizontally. A graphic measure ...

ANY educational course in mechanics should undoubtedly be based first of all on experiment. If such is the case, it is practically impossible for any student using “graphical methods” to make the wild ...

The graphical and Standard Methods for the determination of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) were compared. Average means ± standard deviation of 228 ± 28 mg/L and 199 ± 25 mg/L for the Standard ...

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The Duckworth-Lewis method once again provided a counter-intuitive result during the second ODI between India and New Zealand at Hamilton. However, it remains a scrupulously fair technique and the ...

IN company, I think, with other correspondents, I have misunderstood Mr. Larden's use of the words “analytical methods.” He alluded, it is true, to resolution and taking moments, but “analytical ...