Physics 357: Intermediate Lab
SUNY Cortland
Spring 2019
Homework| Due | Topic | Reading | Tasks | Posted |
| Due | Topic | Reading | Tasks | Posted |
| Jan. 29 | Introduction, variability in measurements, error propagation | Jan. 29 | ||
| Jan. 31 | Statistics and experiments Class canceled due to cold weather. | Lab 1 a | Jan. 29 | |
| Feb. 5 | Statistics and experiments | Lab 1a | Feb. 11 | |
| Feb. 7 | Poisson and Binomial statistics | Lab 1a | Tasks 1-5 on pages 17-18 of Lab 1a instructions. Your R-commands should be in script form. | Feb. 11 |
| Feb. 12 | Chi Square analysis | Lab 1b | Feb. 11 | |
| Feb. 14 | Least Squares analysis | Lab 1c | Tasks 1-5 on page 22 of Lab 1a instructions, for both interpretations of the data. | Feb. 11 |
| Feb. 19 | Wave motion and Resonance | Lab 4 | Feb. 18 | |
| Feb. 21 | Wave motion and Resonance | Lab 4 | Script showing your calculation of chi^2/df and 1-pchidist for the coin-flip data your group recieved from another group. Also turn in your interpretation of the results including whether you found the coins in the data you analyzed to be fair or not any why. | Feb. 18 |
| Feb. 26 | One of the following Optics experiments |
Speed of
Light measurement Light and the Laser Properties of Lenses and Mirrors Microwave Optics | Graph with least-square fit from experiment to measure the value of pi. Meaningful comparision of the value you found for pi with the accepted value. Be sure to explain how you found the values you use in this analysis. | Feb. 18 |
| Feb. 28 | Continue experiment | Feynman on Education in Brazil | Write-up of Wave-motion and Resonance Exp. Due. | Feb. 18 |