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| Abstract Title: | Error propagation employed to establish error bounds in projectile motion lab |
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| Abstract: | This work focuses on applications of error propagation in undergraduate laboratory courses. A laboratory activity designed for students to compare measured and calculated ranges for a projectile launched from a reference height are presented here. Students used statistical and error propagation techniques to analytically determine the error bounds associated with measured and calculated projectile ranges as well as t-statistics to determine how well the measured and calculated ranges agreed. For all launch angles used in this work, 90% of students found that there was no statistically significant difference (p<1) between the measured and calculated ranges. |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
| Session Time: | Poster Session 1 Room C |
| Poster Number: | 1C-16 |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Joseph Ametepe Georgia Gwinnett College Snellville, GA 30078 Phone: 16784711988 |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Joseph D. Ametepe, Department of Physics, Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville Cynthia M. Woodbridge, Department of Chemistry, Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville Neelam Khan, Department of Physics, Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville Charles Pibel, Department of Chemistry, Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville4 |
