ABSTRACT
Despite the increasing use of computers in many aspects of chemistry and the enormous advances in theoretical areas such as quantum mechanics, most chemists still perform laboratory experiments. Particularly in physical chemistry, the object of an experiment is often to collect some form of numerical data that is then analyzed to determine the value of some physical quantity. It is important that you are able to handle this type of data. At first sight this may seem trivial, but in some ways the appropriate treatment of data is one of the most difficult areas of mathematical chemistry to master. Every case seems to be different, and it is only by gaining experience of several calculations that you will become confident in performing this kind of data analysis.
