Applying Statistics in the Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratory: Experiments with Food Dyes.

Thomasson, Kathryn; Lofthus-Merschman, Sheila; Humbert, Michelle; Kulevsky, Norman

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ERIC Number: EJ563259

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Publication Date: 1998

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Applying Statistics in the Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratory: Experiments with Food Dyes.

Thomasson, Kathryn; Lofthus-Merschman, Sheila; Humbert, Michelle; Kulevsky, Norman

Journal of Chemical Education, v75 n2 p231-33 Feb 1998

Describes several experiments to teach different aspects of the statistical analysis of data using household substances and a simple analysis technique. Each experiment can be performed in three hours. Students learn about treatment of spurious data, application of a pooled variance, linear least-squares fitting, and simultaneous analysis of dyes in solution. (PVD)

Descriptors: Chemistry, Higher Education, Introductory Courses, Relevance (Education), Science Education, Science Equipment, Science Experiments, Spectroscopy, Statistics

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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