Sine Waves Part II: Data Analysis
Setting Up In the Mode Menu, turn RADIANS on! Clear any equations or lists from your calculator to start! From the Y= list From STAT lists Turn Stat Plots OFF In the Mode Menu, turn RADIANS on!
Enter the Data Press the button Choose Edit… to enter the data Enter your data into L1 and L2
Setting up your Plot To Get into the Stat Plot Menu, press . Select Plot1 Press enter on ‘On’
Graphing Your Stats Press ZOOM Choose ZoomStat (9) – this will change your window settings to fit all of the data in AND graph it!
(This is called a sinusoidal regression) Fitting an Equation (This is called a sinusoidal regression) Press the button and cursor over to the Calc menu Cursor down to C:SinReg Press Enter Enter the list names that contain your data, separated by a comma (For L1 press ) To tell it where to store the equation, press for Y-Vars and then for functions, and then choose Y1
Press Graph! Now that you’ve got a curve of best fit, you no longer need the data. Turn the stat plot OFF ( to get into the stat plot menu) and then press again. Now you are ready to answer questions about your graph!
That’s it for now!