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The Wright 1904 Flyer The Wright 1904 Flyer as a Vehicle for as a Vehicle for Conveying Some Conveying Some Statistical ConceptsStatistical Concepts
Robert H. CarverStonehill CollegeEaston MA
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Concept-Building Challenges What are the big ideas?Need for context Students’ business familiarity
“Familiar-unfamiliar” termsMotivation & drama
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Some Big IdeasVariation
Sources Continuous—discrete
ControlMeasurementEstimateHypothesis
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Setting the Stage1896: Otto Lilienthal killed in glider
experiment1899: Wilbur Wright contacts
Smithsonian1901: Kitty Hawk NC—glider
experiments beginDecember 1903: Kitty Hawk NC– off the
groundNovember 1904: Dayton OH—Controlled
flights of up to one hour
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W. Wright on Control, 1901“This inability to balance and
steer still confronts students of the flying problem….
“When this one feature has been worked out, the age of flying machines will have arrived, for all other difficulties are of minor importance.”
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Distance as an outcome
Rail launch Catapult launch
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Mean flight velocity
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Assignable cause?
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Linear Relationship
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Guiding PrinciplesCompelling case provides
integrating context for dataSoftware can facilitate building
the conceptsQuick, interactive analysis to
seize teachable momentsDemonstration, discovery,
iteration
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Contact InformationRobert H. Carver
Dept. of Business AdministrationStonehill CollegeEaston MA 02357e-mail: [email protected]
Copies of slides available at:http://
faculty.stonehill.edu/rcarver/index.htmEnter & click on Conference Presentations
