The Pace of Life: An Introduction to Empirical Model-Fitting (UMAP)

In this moduel data collected by two psychologists and published in a professional science journal are used to introduce a graphical technique for fitting an equation to data. Some simple measures of goodness of fit are used to compare the effectiveness of competing models.

Table of Contents:

INTRODUCTION

1. A DIVE . . . INTO THE WORLD OF MATHEMATICS

2. A SWIM IN THE WORLD OF MATHEMATICS

3. A CLIMB . . . BACK INTO . . . REALITY, CARRYING A PREDICTION . . .

4. ALTERNATIVE MODELS

5. FURTHER ACTIVITIES AND EXERCISES

6. REFERENCES

7. MODEL EXAMINATION

8. ANSWERS TO EXERCISES

9. ANSWERS TO MODEL EXAMINATION