Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course, the student should be able to:
1. conduct measurements of some physical quantities;
2. make observations of events, collect and tabulate data;
3. identify and evaluate some common experimental errors;
4. plot and analyse graphs; and
5. draw conclusions from numerical and graphical analysis of data
Course Contents
This introductory course emphasizes quantitative measurements, the treatment of measurement
errors, and graphical analysis. A variety of experimental techniques should be employed. The
experiments include studies of meters, the oscilloscope, mechanical systems, electrical and
mechanical resonant systems, light, heat, viscosity, etc., covered in PHY 101. However, emphasis
is placed on the basic physical techniques for observation, measurements, data collection,
analysis and deduction.
