Teaching Statistics with Data of Historic Significance: Galileo's Gravity and Motion Experiments

This article describes Galileo's data on falling bodies and projectiles and its use as an aid in teaching polynomial and nonlinear regression. Key Words: Independent and dependent variables; Graphical analysis.
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Teaching Statistics with Data of Historic Significance: Galileo's Gravity and Motion Experiments
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https://causeweb.org/cause/Journal%20of%20Statistics%20Education
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dickey@stat.ncsu.edu, arnold@stat.ncsu.edu
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Author Name: 
David A. Dickey and J. Tim Arnold
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Intended User Role: 
Teacher
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Lecture Examples
Out-of-class
Laboratories
Datasets
Resource Type: 
Reference Material
Statistical Topic: 
Data Presentation
Regression
Regression
Multivariate Techniques
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Yes
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Free for All
Audience: 
College --Undergrad Lower Division
College --Undergrad Upper Division
High School
Graduate students
Undergraduate students
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Math Level: 
Algebra level symbolic math

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