Day 5 in SCI110: Quiz, Regression, Vital Capacity

Spring 2006 Schedule
Last time: Science, Pseudo-science, and more Statistics
- Handed in Evaluation of a Claim
- Your thoughts on "what is science?"
- Correlation and Linear Regression handout and worksheet
- Pendulum exercise
Today:
- Quiz 1
- Return "Evaluation of a Claim" papers (Homework #2)
- Vital Lung Capacity Experiment
  - Body Surface Area Calculator
  - Data
  - Examination of some results, using
    - Regression
    - T-Tests (independent samples)
  - Regression Interpretation
- Review of Pendulum exercise (pp. 20-21)
  - Pendulum experiment
    - What conclusions did you reach?
    - Did your conclusions jive with the model in your worksheet? Which variables should influence the period?
    - What problems did you encounter in the design or execution of your experiments?
    - How are you coming on the questions at the end of the experiment?
  - Pendulum exercise on-line
  - Doing regression in SPSS (p. 26)
- Correlation and Linear Regression:
  - Homework questions from Correlation and Regression worksheet (pp. 14-19)
  - Make sure to check out the Statistics Overview Sheet on p. 12 in your worksheet packet.
- Introduce Group Projects (proposals due Feb 6, Presentations Feb 22)
- Introduce Final Projects (proposals due Mar 27, Presentations Apr 24 and 26)
Homework:
- Make sure to do your reading from the text for next time (we're starting chemistry!)
- Use the pendulum website to answer the questions associated with the exercise, if you've not finished.

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