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Title: Teaching Statistics with Data of Historic Significance: Galileo's Gravity and Motion Experiments
Url: http://jse.amstat.org/v3n1/datasets.dickey.html
Creator: Arnold, Tim J.
Dickey, David A.
Publisher: American Statistical Association
North Carolina State University
Description: This article demonstrates the use of two datasets as an aid in teaching polynomial and nonlinear regression. The data were gathered by Galileo during his studies of falling bodies and projectiles. In analyzing and discussing these data, students are challenged to give thought to parsimony, independent and dependent variables, and the importance of understanding the scientific nature of the experiment. The opportunities for class discussion are especially rich in this understandable and real experiment, particularly when coupled with graphical analysis.
LC Classification: Science -- Astronomy -- Biography -- Individual, A-Z -- Galileo
Science -- Mathematics -- Mathematical statistics -- Graphic methods
Science -- Mathematics -- Mathematical statistics -- Multivariate analysis -- Regression analysis. Correlation analysis
Science -- Mathematics -- Mathematical statistics -- Study and teaching. Research
GEM Subject: Science -- Astronomy
Mathematics -- Statistics
Key Concept: Astronomy
Mathematics -- Correlation
Mathematics -- Graphs
Mathematics -- Statistics
Date Issued: 1995
Resource Type: Dataset
Instructional Material
Instructional Material -- Instructor Guide/Manual
Format: Document -- HTML
Audience: Educator
Learner
Education Level: Higher Education
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Lower Division)
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Lower Division)
Vocational/Professional Development Education
Language: English
Rights: David A. Dickey and J. Tim Arnold
Access Rights: Free access
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