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 This repository collects material for the **Introduction to data analysis for physics laboratories**.
 
-Notebooks are used in class interactively and to create plots for the slides
+(./notebooks were typically used in class, ./exercises were created several TAs)
 
-Exercises colects proposed exercises for the students
+Several TAs and students helped with this repository. I would like to thank in particular: Pirmin Berger, Patrick Kn\"uppel, Micheal Reichmann, Daniele Ruini, , Diego Sanz, Matthew Singleton