Thursday, July 8, 2010

Week One Summer 2010 Shortcourse : Math in Science Context: Assignment Questions Post Answers

Week One Summer 2010 Shortcourse : Math in Science Context: Assignment Questions Post Answers: "Questions for Wed: These are some questions regarding density that could go on the blog. 1. Did the true value for density fall within the ..."
1. The true value id fall within my confidence intervals. The condfidence level says that we are that percentage that we have the correct value.

2. The confidence levels goes up as the percentage goes up. You give yourself more room to become confident of your result.

3. The determinant error might not affect the results and this would not plague the lab results. If you used a different substance to measure or a different amount then the results could be thrown out that was way off from the other results.

4. I cannot think of any. We calculated the power output of the bulb to be 0.5366 W.

5. We use probes for labs with a Labpro computer program. I would like to use more excel program for the lab reports because then the students can see more graphs and data tables to help them understand the relationships.

6. We have not had time to talk about this.

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