Friday, September 9, 2011

Pendulu-mania!

You've now gathered some data for your pendulum. Your homework:

Create a graph of the data - something that pictorially represents any relationship between variables (if indeed there is any). Linear? Exponential? Nothing? Discuss. If you don't have enough data to create a decent graph, discuss trends (if any) that you see.

If you see a mathematical relationship, what does it appear to be? Can you imagine an equation type that might be happening here?

Discuss - what can be concluded so far?

Resist the urge to look up answers. Base your answers on your data.

Think about these things:

How much data is enough?
What does it take to convince someone that there is a relationship present?
What is causation versus correlation?

Anything else worth reporting?

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