********************************************************************************> Paul Nord <paul.nord@valpo.edu>> To:Phys-L@Phys-L.org> Wed, Sep 22 at 10:48 PMBrian,
You'd really enjoy David MacKay's lecture 10 on Information theory. He
really rips into physicists regarding "old school" methods. He's a
physicist, actually. So he should know.
Basically, the "old school" method is wrong and is not used in modern
analysis of half-life measurements.
Paul
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Here is Professor MacKay's lecture 10 to which Paul alluded. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDVE0M-xQlc