Day 5 in SCI110: Quiz, Regression, Tree Rings

Spring 2005 Schedule
Last time: Science, Pseudo-science, and more Statistics
- Evaluation of a Claim reports
- Coin exercise - what is an unlikely event?
- Correlation and Linear Regression:
- Pendulum exercise
Today:
- Quiz 1
- Investigation of a Claim (make-ups)
- Review of Pendulum exercise
  - Pendulum experiment
    - What strategies did you employ in designing your experiments?
    - What problems did you encounter in the design of your experiments?
  - Pendulum exercise on-line
  - Doing regression in SPSS
- Correlation and Linear Regression:
  - Homework questions from Correlation and Regression worksheet
- Tree Ring experiment
- Introduce Group Projects (proposals due Feb 10, Presentations Mar 3)
- Introduce Final Projects (proposals due Mar 17, Presentations Apr 28)
Homework:
- Use the pendulum website to answer the questions associated with the exercise.

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