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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | Now in its fourth edition, this successful book provides readers with an in-depth introduction to the theory of engineering measurements, measurement system performance, and instrumentation. Emphasis is placed on the use of uncertainty analysis in the design of measurement systems and the statistical nature of engineering variables. Readers will also gain a better understanding of concepts related to system behavior, sampling, and spectral analysis while utilizing the new interactive CD-ROM. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Richard S. Figliola | | Hardcover: | 560 pages | | Publisher: | Wiley | | Publication Date: | October 14, 2005 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0471445932 | | Product Width: | 1.75 centimeters | | Product Height: | 2.5 centimeters | | Product Weight: | 0.02 pounds | | Package Length: | 10.0 inches | | Package Width: | 7.4 inches | | Package Height: | 1.0 inches | | Package Weight: | 1.85 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 13 reviews |
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8 of 9 found the following review helpful:
 Riddled with Errors Nov 17, 2009
By Dr. Engineer
While this book is fairly comprehensive and covers most of the material in a complete course on experimental design and analysis it is riddled with errors. There are at least three or four significant misprints in each chapter (most of the most egregious are in the statistics chapter).
I have been using this book to teach a junior level course to mechanical engineers and will not be using it any more. The mistakes really confuse and frustrate the students.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 A must have for anyone starting out as an experimentalist Mar 07, 2007
By D. Rowe
I would recommend this book to every beginning engineer and experimentalist. The book is full of examples, derivations, and lots of questions. It does require that you actually read it to get anything out of it, but the best feature is the online material, with MATLAB programs, videos, and additional material. I have found this book is very enjoyable to teach out of, and given future opportunities I will use it much more.
7 of 9 found the following review helpful:
Test engineers need this one Nov 17, 2000
I used the 2nd edition of this book while in engineering labs at Clemson and now use the 2nd and now 3rd edition in my test engineering work. I find myself being able to go into it and pulling out enough information to get me going on a new test design project. The stuff on uncertainty cannot be found elsewhere and useful. One of the better real-world texts.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Definitely not worth the money Apr 22, 2011
By Engineering Student
I've been using this book for a senior level instrumentation and design course and really dislike the way the material is presented. Many times, while I was re-reading or scanning through the material for assistance on the chapter problems, I would find that the sections I needed most had the least amount of detail. This was particularly true for the chapters on statistics where things were poorly explained and conclusions seemed to appear out of thin air. Not only that but there are mathematical and logical errors throughout the book, (moreso in the statistics sections again). I even consulted with a statistics professor on some problems, and he would say, on more than one occasion, that the approach in the book was incorrect.
Our professor routinely answers examples with the provided solution manual, and we, the students, have called him out for solving these problems incorrectly multiple times. I distinctly remember various Fourier series and transforms being done incorrectly, and multitudes of algebraic mistakes throughout the semester.
I wish I had known earlier that this book would have been a waste of $170.00. I've bought physics books with 4-times as much information for less than this book. There's no reason for the publisher or authors to charge this much for a book that is of this quality. The exact same information is in the older editions, with only the chapter problems changed here and there. In all honesty, you're probably better off finding a good statistics book, a solid mathematics textbook (Engineering Mathematics by Peter O'Neil), and a circuits book rather than buying this. I could almost guarantee that you would end up spending a similar amount of money but have much more quality information.
If at all possible, stay away from this thing. If you must buy this book, see if you can at least save some cash and get an older edition.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 useful engineering text Feb 14, 2006
By Bob
This book is well written but it does require that you pay attention and think. I found this book to be very useful to understand engineering measurements. After three engineering coop internships, I enjoyed some rationale for methods I learned in practice. Lots of examples. Some of the Labview programs were helpful. One of the more useful texts.
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