However, her growth curve is outside of the normal range for children, and a growth hormone deficiency is the diagnosis. The use of a graph to display data is important.
Linear relationships are the only relationships which are convenient to analyze.
Exponential growth vs linear growth will be demonstrated in the film clip ChessBd. The concept of changing an exponential plot to a linear plot will be introduced. Then, following a discussion of the propagation of error, the relationship between vapor pressure above a liquid and the temperature of that liquid will be used as an example. This graph should be reproduce by all students as a Homework for a maximum of 5 points credit. The written report preparation, computer graphing of data, analysis of scientific concept behind the results, and an introduction to statistics will be discussed in this lecture.