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Curve Fitting: How well does the curve describe the data? (Inquiry Based)
- Lesson Plan CurveFit.pdf - 139 kB
- Student directions for curve fit.pdf - 167 kB
- curve fit.zip - 851 kB
| Title | Curve Fitting: How well does the curve describe the data? (Inquiry Based) |
| Description | This activity could be used in any course where students are asked to understand how well a curve describes a set of data. These are a few of the Learning Goals: Students will be able to: Explain how the range, uncertainty and number of data points affect correlation coefficient and Chi squared; Describe how correlation coefficient and chi squared can be used to indicate how well a curve describes the data relationship; Apply understanding of Curve Fitting to designing experiments |
| Subject | Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics |
| Level | High School, Undergrad - Intro |
| Type | Lab |
| Duration | 60 minutes |
| Answers Included | Yes |
| Language | English |
| Keywords | chi squared, correlation coefficient, data, phet activity, regression |
| Simulation(s) | Curve Fitting |
| Author(s) | Trish Loeblein, Mike Dubson |
| Contact Email | patricia.loeblein@colorado.edu |
| School / Organization | PhET |
| Date submitted | 7/18/08 |
| Date updated | 7/7/13 |
