2.2.3 Goodness of Fit and the Correlation Coefficient
2.3 Polynomial Regression
2.3.1 Method of Least Squares and Normal Equations
2.3.2 Goodness of Fit and the Index of Correlation or R2
2.3.3 Multiple Linear Regression
2.4 General Non-linear Fit
2.5 x2 Test of Goodness of Fit
2.6 General Discussion on Regression Analysis Including Special Cases
2.6.1 Alternate Procedures of Obtaining Fit Parameters
2.6.2 Segmented or Piecewise Regression
3 Design of Experiments
3.1 Design of Experiments
3.1.1 Goal of Experiments
3.1.2 Full Factorial Design

Intro
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Acknowledgements
Nomenclature
Latin Alphabetical Symbols
Acronyms
Greek Symbols
Contents
About the Author
Part I Measurements, Error Analysis and Design of Experiments
1 Measurements and Errors in Measurement
1.1 Introduction
1.1.1 Measurement Categories
1.1.2 General Measurement Scheme
1.1.3 Some Issues
1.2 Errors in Measurement
1.2.1 Systematic Errors (Bias)
1.2.2 Random Errors
1.3 Statistical Analysis of Experimental Data

1.3.1 Statistical Analysis and Best Estimate from Replicate Data
1.3.2 Error Distribution
1.3.3 Principle of Least Squares
1.3.4 Error Estimation
Single Sample
1.3.5 Student t Distribution
1.3.6 Test for Normality
1.3.7 Non Parametric Tests
1.3.8 Outliers and Their Rejection
1.4 Propagation of Errors
1.5 Specifications of Instruments and Their Performance
2 Regression Analysis
2.1 Introduction to Regression Analysis
2.2 Linear Regression
2.2.1 Linear Fit by Least Squares
2.2.2 Uncertainties in the Fit Parameters

3.1.3 2k Factorial Design
3.1.4 More on Full Factorial Design
3.1.5 One Half Factorial Design
3.1.6 Other Simple Design
Part II Measurements of Temperature, Heat Flux, and Heat Transfer Coefficient
4 Measurements of Temperature
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Thermometry or the Science and Art of Temperature Measurement
4.2.1 Preliminaries
4.2.2 Practical Thermometry
4.3 Thermoelectric Thermometry
4.3.1 Thermoelectric Effects
4.3.2 On the Use of Thermocouple for Temperature Measurement
4.3.3 Use of Thermocouple Tables and Practical Aspects of Thermoelectric Thermometry

4.4 Resistance Thermometry
4.4.1 Basic Ideas
4.4.2 Platinum Resistance Thermometer and the Callendar Correction
4.4.3 RTD Measurement Circuits
4.4.4 Thermistors
4.5 Pyrometry
4.5.1 Radiation Fundamentals
4.5.2 Brightness Temperature and the Vanishing Filament Pyrometer
4.5.3 Total Radiation Pyrometer
4.5.4 Ratio Pyrometer and the Two-Color Pyrometer
4.5.5 Gas Temperature Measurement
4.6 Other Temperature Measurement Techniques
4.6.1 Liquid in Glass or Liquid in Metal Thermometers
4.6.2 Bimetallic Thermometer
4.6.3 Liquid Crystal Thermometers