Linear Regression Analysis in a First Physics Lab
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Authors
Hmurcik, Lawrence V.
Slacik, Amy
Miller, Hilda
Samoncik, Sandy
Issue Date
1989-02
Type
Article
Language
en_US
Keywords
Physics , Education , Linear regression analysis , Computer aided analysis , Fletcher's trolley , Hooke's law
Alternative Title
Abstract
Linear regression analysis (least squares) is used in the first physics lab in order to introduce students to computer-aided analysis and to teach data fitting techniques. Application is made to two experiments: Fletcher’s trolley and Hooke’s law. Least squares will extract information from raw data in a very precise way, and it opens the way for the study of more complicated phenomena than a first lab usually covers. Students who learn least squares in the first semester do much better in future labs, including nonphysics labs.
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The following article appeared in (Linear regression analysis in a first physics lab Hmurcik, Lawrence and Slacik, Amy and Miller, Hilda and Samoncik, Sandy, American Journal of Physics, 57, 135-138 (1989), DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.16110) and may be found at http://scitation.aip.org/content/aapt/journal/ajp/57/2/10.1119/1.16110
Copyright 1989 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics.
Copyright 1989 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics.
Citation
American Journal of Physics 57 (2). February 1989
Publisher
American Association of Physics Teachers