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Students count radioactive decays using a multi-channel scaler. After histogramming, the distributions are compared to Poisson and Gaussian forms.

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Mathematical Tools - Probability Modern Physics - Nuclear Physics	- Intermediate Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Laboratory

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Keywords:: counting, gaussian, poisson, standard deviation, statistics
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