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| + | Use a high-quality data plotting and fitting program (e.g. Origin) to analyse the data. | ||
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| + | Notice that you always shall use the 1/3 of the time into each measuremnent as the "middle time point" for. This is due to decay - after 1/3 of the time you will have equally many counts before and after the 1/3 point (i.e. it is the "middle point". | ||
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| + | #For each datapoint calculate the net count (gross count - background count), the uncertainity of the net count (based on uncertainity of both the gross count and the background count). You might want to use e.g. MS Excel or similar for doing this. | ||
| + | #Plot your data in a table ("worksheet" in Origin jargong): Include measurment time (relative to start of sampling) as x-value, the net count as y-value, and the uncertainity as y-error. | ||
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Revision as of 21:46, 4 October 2012
Use a high-quality data plotting and fitting program (e.g. Origin) to analyse the data.
Notice that you always shall use the 1/3 of the time into each measuremnent as the "middle time point" for. This is due to decay - after 1/3 of the time you will have equally many counts before and after the 1/3 point (i.e. it is the "middle point".
- For each datapoint calculate the net count (gross count - background count), the uncertainity of the net count (based on uncertainity of both the gross count and the background count). You might want to use e.g. MS Excel or similar for doing this.
- Plot your data in a table ("worksheet" in Origin jargong): Include measurment time (relative to start of sampling) as x-value, the net count as y-value, and the uncertainity as y-error.
