Unit 4 Flashcards
(15 cards)
what is acceleration due to gravity called?
Freefall
What can be predicted and controlled using kinematics?
Projectile motion
Whats Firing angle?
Angle at which a projectile leaves a cannon.
What is initial velocity?
The speed of a projectile at the start of its flight.
What is constant during horizontal motion?
Velocity is constant
What changes with time due to gravity?
Velocity
What is statistics?
The collection, evaluation, and interpretation of data.
How do engineers use statistics?
Engineers use statistics to make informed decisions based
on established principles.
Whats a characteristic of descriptive statistics?
Describe collected data.
What are characteristics of inferential statistics?
Generalize and
evaluate a population
based on sample data
Statistics is based on both theoretical and experimental data analysis
Empirical probability?
Uses experimental observation.
Theoretical probability?
Uses known elements.
Subjective Probability?
Uses assumptions
what is probability?
The number of times an event will occur divided by the number of opportunities.
what is the law of large numbers?
The more trials that are conducted, the closer the results become to the theoretical probability.
