Physics307L:Schedule/Week 4 agenda

2007 Week 4 notes

Related Blog Post

 * http://stevekochteaching.blogspot.com/2010/09/week-4-lecture-law-of-large-numbers.html

Agenda for Lecture (items will be continued next week)

 * 1) Note about O-scope labs
 * 2) * Example Brian
 * 3) * Emailing me when you're ready is essential!
 * 4) Note about labs this week and next (Lab Signup Page)
 * 5) * You can create your own lab if you have ideas!
 * 6) Group Exercise -- Coin Toss
 * 7) * (This is as far as I will probably get during this lecture; expecting to discuss many of below items in context of group exercise)
 * 8) * Link to Google Spreadsheet for Central Limit Theorem introduction
 * 9) Introduction to terminology
 * 10) Mean +/- error
 * 11) Probability density function
 * 12) Histogram (maybe use height distribution)?
 * 13) Normal Distribution
 * 14) Central Limit Theorem
 * 15) * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illustration_of_the_central_limit_theorem
 * 16) * downloadable simulation: http://www.vias.org/simulations/simusoft_cenlimit.html
 * 17) * Java dice rolling: http://www.stat.sc.edu/~west/javahtml/CLT.html

Agenda for Labs

 * 1) Spend about 2 hours figuring out how to set up the equipment and planning out the experiments.  Record your goals for the experiments in your lab notebook.
 * 2) * Do not start the experiment until you've had your safety quiz!
 * 3) Partnering up is not required, but is permitted this week.