[SciPy-User] How to fit data with errorbars

[Skipper Seabold]

On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Robert Kern <robert.kern at gmail.com> wrote:
> Honestly, I'd recommend staying away from any sources that use the
> word "regression". They are perfectly fine sources in general, but
> they come from a very different background and have a very different
> focus from what engineers need.
>

Fair enough and far afield from what I know though
<http://www.eas.asu.edu/~masmlab/montgomery/> and the book covers the
OP's original question.

> Bevington and Robinson's _Data Reduction and Error Analysis for The
> Physical Sciences_ is a good, though old, book that has more of a
> physics and engineering focus.
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Reduction-Error-Analysis-Physical-Sciences/dp/0079112439