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Direct linkRupright, Mark E. – Physics Teacher, 2011
Systematic errors are often unavoidable in the introductory physics laboratory. As has been demonstrated in many papers in this journal, such errors can present a fundamental problem for data analysis, particularly when comparing the data to a given model. In this paper I give three examples in which my students use popular curve-fitting software…
Descriptors: Physics, Data Analysis, Introductory Courses, Science Instruction
