Analyzing Experimental Data Lazy Parabola B as a function of A Created for CVCA Physics by Dick Heckathorn 30 August 2K+4 page 26 Practice 3 Lazy Parabola

A. Getting Ready 1. “On”, “Mode” Normal, Float, Degree, Func, Connected, Sequential, Full Screen 2. To Exit: “2nd” “Quit”

B. Storing Data 1. “Stat”, “Edit” 2. Clear all columns Cursor over each header, “Clear”, “Down arrow” 3. With cursor over blank headers: a. “2nd”, “Ins”, ‘A’ (one header) b. “2nd”, “Ins”, ‘B’ (2nd header)

B. Storing Data 4. Input data into appropriate column. [note...‘B’ is a function of ‘A’]

C. Clear Previous Graphs 1. “y=” 2. clear any equations 3. “2nd”, “stat plot” 4. Enter “4” - PlotsOff 5. “Enter”

D. Preparing to Plot 1. “2nd”, “Stat Plot” 2. With cursor at 1, “Enter” 3. a. on b. Type: select 1st graph c. Xlist to ‘A’: (“2nd”, “List”, “A”) d. Ylist to ‘B’: (“2nd”, “List”, “B”) e. Mark: select square

E. Graphing The Data 1. “Zoom”, “9: ZoomStat” (This allows all points to be plotted using all of the screen.) 2. “Windows” a. Set Xmin= & Ymin= to zero b. “Graph” (All of 1st quadrant shown)

F. Analysis Shape of line is? a lazy parabola which indicates ‘n’ has a power greater than ‘0’ but less than ‘1’. So plot ‘B’ vs ‘ An ’ where n = 0.5 .

G. Analysis of B vs A.5 1. “Stat”, “Edit” 2. Cursor at top of blank column “2nd”, “INS”, ‘AHALF’ 3. Move cursor on top of ‘AHALF’ 4. Type: “2nd”, “”, “2nd”, “list”, ‘A’ 5. “Enter”

G. Analysis of B vs A.5 1. “2nd”, “Stat Plot” 2. With cursor at 1, “Enter” 3. a. on b. Type: select 1st graph c. Xlist to ‘A’: (“2nd”, “List”, “AHALF”) d. Ylist to ‘B’: (“2nd”, “List”, “B”) e. Mark: select square

G. Analysis of B vs A.5 1. “Zoom”, “9: ZoomStat” (This allows all points to be plotted using all of the screen.) 2. “Windows” a. Set Xmin= and Ymin= to zero b. “Graph” (This shows all of 1st quadrant)

Find the equation of the straight line. G. Analysis of B vs A.5 Shape of line is a straight line. We can now…. Find the equation of the straight line.

H. Finding the Equation 1. “Stat”, “Calc” “4:LinReg(ax+b) 2. “2nd”, “list”, ‘AHALF’, ‘,’ 3. “2nd”, “list”, ‘B’, “Enter” 4. On screen we see: a. LinReg y = ax+b a = .20 b = .01 [a = slope, b = y-intercept]

H. The Equation is: Using y = mx+b concept where the calculator uses y = ax+b, substitute in the value for ‘a’ and ‘b’ and one gets: Since b is very close to 0, we can ignore it. Replace ‘y’ with ‘B’ and ‘x’ with ‘A’

I. Thought What do we say is the relationship between ‘B’ and ‘A’ ? We say the relationship is: ‘B’ is directly proportional to the square root of ‘A’.

J. Plotting Line of Best Fit 1. “y=”, “VARS”, “5:Statistics...”, “EQ”, “1:RegEq”, “Graph” 2. And there you have it, the line of the best fit line for the data points plotted. 3. In real life data gathering, all the points will not fall on the line due to normal measurement error.

K. Summary That’s all there is to it. If the data yields a straight line, find the equation of the straight line. If it is a hyperbola or a parabola, then you must make additional plots until you get a straight line.

Do not go on unless you have completed the above. K. A Final, Final Thought At this time, write out a brief summary using bullet points for what you did. Do not go on unless you have completed the above.

L. A Shortcut 1. Using original data plot ‘B’ as a function of ‘A’. 2. “Stat”, “Calc”, “A:PwrReg”, 3. “2nd”, “List”, ‘A, ‘,’ 4. “2nd”, “List”, ‘B’ 5. “Enter”

L. A Shortcut -2- 6. On the screen we see: a. PwrReg y = a*x^b a = .20

L. A Shortcut -3- y = a*x^b 7. Substituting: 0.20 for ‘a’ and 0.50 for ‘b’ 8. Substituting: ‘B’ for ‘y’ and ‘A’ for ‘x’

M. A Summary 9. How does this equation compare to that found earlier? They should be the same.

That’s all folks!