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Study of Faraday Effectmeasurement error and model selection Yunhao Tang 2015.6.24 Faraday Effect and Experiment Lab Data Analysis Error Analysis Outline Faraday Effect Apparatus Compute the charge-to-mass ratio of electron and compare with the standard Purpose e/m I-B Angle of Minimum Deviation Procedure plot Calibration I-B curve 0 contained in 95% CI What if not curve Verdet Constant In theory, there are two applicable models Lead and sodium spectrum Curve Fitting Curve Fitting Comparison We fit the data with 4 models and compare the computed ratio results Comparison of Computed Result Small Bias 2-3% Big Variance (Uncertainty) 20% The other model has similar variance but bigger bias Fitted model Why big variance? Variance comes from measurement of Possible reasons: Accumulation of errors Sensitivity and multiple minimum (selection bias) Error Analysis I Chain effect of Uncertainty Error of fitting model Error of I-B calibration Error of wavelength calibration Error Analysis II Improve the measurement of Sensitivity control -- variance Pick the middle -- bias variance Pick B=3000-4000Gs – variance Fitting model selection Possible test of bias: significance level of regression coefficients Models that capture the curvature of data (when involving derivative) Possible Improvement Thanks for Listening