Chapter 8 Links

Section 8.1

Learn more about LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS

• MathWorld: Least Squares Fitting

Learn more about TOLLS ON A TURNPIKE

• MathBits: Linear Regression with Biological Data

Learn more about RESIDUALS

• Are the Model Residuals Well-Behaved?
• Residuals
• Least Squares Criteria
• Least Squares Regression

Section 8.2

Learn more about a CORRELATION COEFFICIENT

• MathWorld: Correlation Coefficient
• Correlation Coefficient
• MathBits: Correlation Coefficient
• Correlation

Learn more about the COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION

• Coefficient of Determination
• Interpreting the Correlation: Correlation Squared
• MathBits: Correlation Coefficient

Section 8.3

Learn more about REGRESSION MODELS ON A TI-83 OR TI-84 CALCULATOR

• Linear Regression
• Copying Regression Equations into Y-Values
• Quadratic Regression
• Cubic Regression

Learn more about CURVE FITTING APPLETS ? JAVA

• Fitting Linear Data
• Fitting Quadratic Data
• Fitting Exponential Data
• Fitting Sine Data
• Fitting Cosine Data

Learn more about COMPUTATION APPLETS ? JAVA

• Linear Regression
• Quadratic Regression
• Exponential Regression

Learn more about a BALL BOUNCE EXPERIMENT

• Baseball Activity: Bouncing Balls
• That?s the Way the Ball Bounces

Learn more about LOGISTIC MODELING

• World Population
• Logistic Growth Model

Learn more about POPULATION GROWTH

Learn more about THOMAS MALTHUS

• World of Biography
• An Essay on the Principle of Population

Learn more about PIERRE FRANCOIS VERHULST

• MacTutor History of Mathematics
• World of Biography

Learn more about BENJAMIN GOMPERTZ

• MacTutor History of Mathematics
• DASL: Gompertz? s Law

Learn more about ENVIRONMENTAL DATA SETS

• Linear Scatterplots
• Exponential Scatterplots
• Logistic Scatterplots
• Power Rule Scatterplots
• Periodic Scatterplots
• The Laws of Planetary Motion
• Newtonian Gravitation and the Law of Kepler
• Planetary Motion
• Kepler?s Laws

Learn more about JOHANNES KEPLER

• NASA: Kepler Mission
• MacTutor History of Mathematics
• World of Biography
• The Galileo Project

Learn more about Galileo Galilei

• The Galileo Project
• MacTutor History of Mathematics
• World of Biography

Learn more about TYCHO BRAHE

• MacTutor History of Mathematics
• World of Biography
• The Galileo Project

Learn more about NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

• MacTutor History of Mathematics
• World of Biography

Section 8.4

Learn more about PROCESS MODELING

• What are the basic steps for developing an effective process model?
• How do I select a function to describe my process?
• How are estimates of the unknown parameters obtained?
• How can I tell if a model fits my data?
• If my current model does not fit the data well, how can I improve it?

Learn more about RESIDUALS

• A New View of Statistics
• Errors and Residuals in Statistics
• Workshop Statistics: Discovery with Data and Fathom
• Modeling Population Growth
• Population Growth Models
• Exponential and Logistic Growth
• Population Growth

Section 8.5

Learn more about a LEARNING CURVE

• NASA: Learning Curve Calculator