Collection

2007 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Alfred A. Scalza

learning going throughexperience, reflection, conceptualizing, action and on to further experience. We set forth a process forrecording continuous professional development, by capturing, recording and implementing learning. Thestudent who understands the material rather than memorizes or temporarily captures it, will gain profoundinsight into that material and all its relevant associated materials.What exactly is “Organizational Behavior” and how does it apply to the college classroom?“Organizational Behavior is a field of study that investigates the impact that individuals, groups andstructure have on behavior within an organization” 1. This field addresses the impact of motivation,leader (teacher) behavior, dynamic learning, attitudes and

Collection

2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Thomas F. C. Woodhall

defined multidimensional informing the constraints, and client nature; showing needproblem statement constraints and statement statement is aware of potential strengths accurately reflects potential biases from project needs client needs, terminology takes client need able to show potential and converts it into is

Conference Session

Educational Research and the New Engineering Educator

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malcolm Drewery, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering; Stefani A. Bjorklund

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New Engineering Educators

because of their backgrounds or identities.e. You observed certain engineering students being ignored or excluded (from projects, discussions, etc.) because of their backgrounds or identities.f. Students harassed or discriminated against you because of your background or identity.g. Your course’s content reflects contributions of all engineers, including women and people of color, etc..h. You tailor lessons because some students learn in different ways than others.i. Students of all backgrounds/identities participate in class (in discussion, in-class assignments, team projects, etc.). Almost Almost7. In

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brianno Coller, Northern Illinois University

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Computers in Education

Conference Session

New Models for Teaching and Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margherita Landucci, Liceo Artistico Statale; Fabio Garganego, Municipality of Venice

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Educational Research and Methods

tested inparallel) consisted of an additional two classes of students per school that participated in theproject.Stage 2 was introduced during the first year of chemistry studies and throughout the secondyear to the same students that participated to Stage 1. A research limitation consisted in thedifferent syllabus that different schools have about chemistry studies: in some schoolsChemistry is taught for one single year, while in other schools it is taught for two consecutiveyears.It has therefore not been possible to bring all participants of Stage 1 into Stage 2, and thenumber of participants to the two Stages does not imply that some students could not bepromoted to the second year, but simply reflects those classes that did have two years

Conference Session

Entrepreneurial Leadership and Non-traditional Ways to Engage Students in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wilburn Clouse, Vanderbilt University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

organizationsuniqueness in the community as a major contributor to the success of their organization. Thecafé’s target market is members of the Athens community and those affiliated with TennesseeWesleyan College which average approximately 14,000 people. The café will operate at a pricepoint that reflects the demographics of the community it serves, which has an average income ofabout $20,762. The organization’s marketing plan is based on the size of the community theyserve and focuses initially on direct mail and community flyers. The creators of the PhoenixCyber Café predict moderate risk and request $150,000 and predict a net profit of $137,807 inthe first year.Please rate each Project with the following scale with 5 being the highestAppearance 1

Conference Session

Perspectives for Women Faculty

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole Hawkes, WiSE / University of Southern California; Jean Morrison, University of Southern California; Cauligi Raghavendra, University of Southern California

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Women in Engineering

USC in hiring and promoting women faculty is significant, relative to where it started.With approximately 16,000 undergraduate and 15,000 graduate and professional students, USCprides itself on the diversity of its student body. In 2005, undergraduates students were 50.9%female to 49.1% male (graduate students 46.2% female to 53.8% male), 44.2% identify as non-white/caucasian (graduate students 42.4%) and international students comprise 8.6% ofundergraduates and 25.3% of graduate students, representing 108 countries. To better reflect thediversity of its students and to meet a standard of excellence in education that is tied to diversity,USC has embraced an aggressive faculty diversity program, influenced in part by the success ofthe WiSE

Conference Session

Knowing our Students, Part 1

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidi Loshbaugh, Colorado School of Mines; Brittany Claar, Regis University

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Educational Research and Methods

general). ID.professional Any instance when the informant If engineering specific, identifies specific characteristics of a also double-code as profession or of a person practicing a engineering definition Page 12.775.3 particular profession. [ED] (general or practice) ID.self Any instance when the informant reflects upon his or her intellectual dispositions, personality, habits of

Conference Session

Our Future in Manufacturing

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Danielson, Arizona State University; Trian Georgeou, Arizona State University

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Manufacturing

. Page 12.1472.4Spring 2005 Manufacturing Engineering Technology Survey ResultsThe following data reflects the status of ABET-accredited manufacturing engineering technology(MET) programs in 2005. This information was generated from the 2005 survey, shown inAppendix A. The survey was returned, with varying levels of completeness, by twenty-twoprograms, a 57% participation rate (percentages have been rounded). Of the twenty-tworespondents, six institutions or 27%, replied that they were being, or had, shut down theirprogram. One of the six institutions implied that they no longer had a MET degree but that theystill offered some manufacturing classes. Another of the six institutions replied that they werephasing out both their MET and Industrial

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Benitez, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Juan Jimenez, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Yesenia Cruz, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Marta Rosa, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Alexandra Medina-Borja, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

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New Engineering Educators

. Thisauthor categorizes people into four types of learners:• Divergers (Type 1 Learners), Perceive information through concrete experience, rely on feelings, need to express feelings when learning, seek personal meaning as they learn, and want personal interaction with the teacher and others.• Assimilators (Type 2 Learners). Assimilators perceive information through abstract conceptualization and process it through reflective observation.• Convergers (Type 3 Learners), Convergers perceive information through abstract conceptualization and process it actively.• Accommodators (Type 4 Learners), Accommodators perceive information through concrete experience and process it through active experimentation.Framework for choosing a strategic teaching

Conference Session

Best of the NEE

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wendy James, Oklahoma State University; Stacee Harmon, Oklahoma State University; Richard Bryant, Oklahoma State University

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New Engineering Educators

, scientific methods in thelatter part of the nineteenth century when researchers asked subjects to reflect and report on theirown cognition. At the turn of the nineteenth century, using such subjective data for analysis was Page 12.556.7abandoned in favor of using only observable actions as appropriate objective data. This resultedin the behaviorist perspective, where learning is understood as the formation, strengthening, andadjustment of associations between ideas, stimuli, and responses. These theories “are framed bythe assumption that behavior is to be understood as the responses of an organism to stimuli in thesituation,”1 which usually can

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention Topics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; Steven Thomas, Lockheed Martin Corporation

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Women in Engineering

4(Information Technology Association of America, 2003). Prior employment research on genderstratification demonstrates that this under representation is a reflection of organizational andsocial structures, rather than essentialist generalizations about gender group characteristics(Trauth, Quesenberry, & Morgan, 2004). As a result, it is necessary to understand thecharacteristics of the IT workplace environment, and in particular, the workplace environmentalfactors that hinder and assist the career progression of women in IT. A study by Wardell,Sawyer, Reagor, and Mitory (2005), found that women are nearly three times as likely as men toleave the IT workforce. Their findings showed that although women are able to gain thenecessary skills

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to ME

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Rhoads, Michigan State University; Craig Somerton, Michigan State University; Brian Olson, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; Terry Ballinger, Lansing Catholic High School

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Mechanical Engineering

with the students as it once was. As this isbelieved to be reflective of the product being assembled by the students, rather than the unit conceptitself, product changes are being considered for future sessions. With regard to the lecture portionof the unit, the instructors are still concerned that the students are being introduced to modernmanufacturing via multimedia sources rather than industrial tours. While this approach does freeup an additional day for an alternative topic (such as electromechanical systems), it comes at theexpense of a ‘real world’ engineering experience. If local factory tours were to become accessibleagain, the instructors would strongly consider resuming the old manufacturing curriculum.52.7 Lesson VII: Energy and

Conference Session

Engineering in High Schools

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sibel Uysal, Arizona State University; Sharon Kurpius-Robinson, Arizona State University; Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Chell Roberts, Arizona State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

hedid not sustain the students’ interest with several hands-on design activities, such as building anairplane, a tower, a bridge, guest speakers, field trips, readings about the design process, andteam presentations, Mr. Q. was not able to pay enough attention to some aspects of the classwhich inhibited the success of the program. For example, the video presentations or activitieswere selected to reflect the interests of the students, as indicated by student questions ordiscussions. Gender and minority interests were not explicitly taken into consideration. Forexample, most videos focused on disasters resulting from engineering mishaps videos that mightshow the relevance of engineering to society. Furthermore, difficulties were encountered

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Management

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Elson, National University; Shekar Viswanathan, National University; Howard Evans, National University

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Engineering Management

end, and six specializations consisting of four courses each. The coreconsist of four systems engineering design, analysis and modeling courses as well as anintroduction to an engineering management course and a software engineering course. The sixspecialization tracks are industrial engineering, engineering management, supply chainmanagement and e-logistics, environmental engineering, software engineering, and enterprisearchitecture. These areas of specialization reflect the primary market needs identified by theadvisory group in addition to interviews and visits with additional company executives. Note thatengineering management is one of the specializations. The catalog description of the MSSyEprogram is shown below:Program Requirements(8

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics and Global Issues

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christan Whysong, Virginia Tech; Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech; Kumar Mallikarjunan, Virginia Tech

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Engineering Ethics

Engineering.3The three main moral theories studied are utilitarianism, ethical egoism, and rights ethics.Additionally students reflect on ethics as part of an electronic portfolio assignment and work inteams to perform skits acting out designated ethical situations. This introduction to professionalethics becomes the foundation for ethical training received in the upperclassman years.BSE sophomore year: case studiesInitial case studies focused on genetically modified, or transgenic, products because they addressseveral key ethical issues, including sustainability, labeling laws, and international controversy.Below is more information on these case studies.Weed overgrowth is a major concern for farmers in large-scale crop production, leading to

Conference Session

Influence of Race and Culture

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Wilkins, Maui Economic Development Board; Sheryl Hom, isisHawaii and Women in Technology; Jenilynne Gaskin, Maui Economic Development Board; Kawailehua Kuluhiwa, Maui Economic Development Board, Inc.; Christine Andrews, Maui Eco Dev Board

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Minorities in Engineering

and technology. Connection of culture and science. Native Hawaiian girls are exposed to math and science applications in their community illustrating relational examples from their native culture and history.Program development for Excite Camp 2006 reflected the incorporation of program modelelements based on the research, evaluation and success from the past five camps, 2001 through2005. A Native Hawaiian consultant was retained to infuse Hawaiian history and culture into theactivities. The anticipated outcome was to align science, host culture and community.In addition to, a review of other model programs was conducted and implemented as newactivities, which included: Experiments from past WIT

Conference Session

IE and EM Program Mangement

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Hagenberger, Valparaiso University; Peter Johnson, Valparaiso University; Doug Tougaw, Valparaiso University; Jeffrey Will, Valparaiso University; Mark Budnik, Valparaiso University; Kathleen Sevener, Valparaiso University

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Engineering Management

Such graduate programs in engineering management share some similarities withMaster of Business Administration (MBA) degrees, but they are specifically crafted for studentswho have an engineering background and a desire to manage engineering teams.25-26 Teachingsuch a program effectively can be very challenging, requiring extensive professionaldevelopment by engineering faculty and close collaboration with faculty in a College of BusinessAdministration.27-28At the same time, the most successful engineering graduates typically exhibit a strongentrepreneurial spirit, whether this spirit is reflected in starting one’s own business or in takingresponsibility for one’s own career success in a larger corporation.29 The skills required of

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mieke Schuurman, Pennsylvania State University; Dennis Gouran, Pennsylvania State University; Laura L. Pauley, Pennsylvania State University

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Educational Research and Methods

thefinal evaluations that co-op and internship students and their employers are required to completeat the end of the work term. In total, 451 students completed the instrument, and 373employers—response rates of 92% and 76% respectively. Note that sample numbers reportedbelow may be lower given the students and employers who responded to particular items as “NotApplicable.”ResultsPrior to conducting the statistical analyses reported below, we reverse coded the negativelyphrased items so that higher scores reflected better communication skills for all items. Theseitems are noted with ** in Table 1 and Table 2 below.To answer Research Question 1, whether the instrument measured students' oral communicationskills reliably for both students and

Conference Session

FPD7 -- Service Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Pagano, Western Michigan University; Amanda Rossman, Western Michigan University; Kendall Vasilnek, Western Michigan University; Betsy Aller, Western Michigan University; Edmund Tsang, Western Michigan University; Andrew Kline, Western Michigan University; Edward Brabandt, Western Michigan University

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First-Year Programs

experience went, and, we believe, will continue to reach, farbeyond the first year of college.Acknowledgements and DisclaimerFunding for this project was provided by grants from the National Science Foundation and theLearn and Serve America program to the Engineering Design Center for Service-Learning atWestern Michigan University. Opinions and findings presented in this article are those of theauthors, and do not necessarily reflect those of the National Science Foundation nor Learn andServe America. Page 12.750.11Bibliography1. “Bragg’s Law.” X-ray diffraction. 2002. The Cavendish Laboratory, The University of Cambridge. Retrieved 10 Oct. 2005

Conference Session

Engineering in High Schools

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramzi Bualuan, University of Notre Dame

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

women,and one for underrepresented minorities. In 1998, IEP was open to all students who arerising seniors in high school. In 2001, a web site was set up to accept online applications.The program’s web page 6 remains the most effective way to get information out. Itmaintains all the information about the program, contains a FAQ, and was used veryfrequently as a means to contact us with questions. It is via the web page that the studentsapply to the program.An important aspect of the program is the selection of counselors. They usually numberseven to ten, and most are engineering students. The majority are former IEP studentsthemselves. The male/female ratio of counselors is chosen to reflect that of the students,usually in the order 2 to 1

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jose Branco, Politecnico de Viseu; Odete Lopes, Politecnico de Viseu; Joao Vinhas, Politecnico de Viseu; Joao Paiva, Politecnico de Viseu

theconsolidated experience of the engineering community in the United States and Brazil wereinspiring to us and the sources used are referred in the bibliography.The course was structured in modules. Module #1 discussed higher education as a new stage of astudent life, where individuals are supposed to become less like ‘pupils’ and more like ‘students’,reflecting on each other studying purposes and the need for an attitude shift in order to achievegreater effectiveness. They were also introduced to different personality types and to the effectthese have on cooperative activities, especially group study. The need to memorize and itsrelationship to reasoning, as well as using different memorizing processes or languages, was theobject of some practical

Conference Session

Emerging Technologies in Manufacturing Education - I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Khan, DeVry University; Beverly Cronin, DeVry University; Maneesh Kumar, DeVry University; Aateef Mustafa, DeVry University; Pankti Patel, DeVry Univeristy; Joey Socorro, DeVry University

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Manufacturing

and 4010 Microprocessors. 4. ADF7010 Transmitter from Analog Devices. 5. Resistors, Capacitors, and Inductors. Software Components 1. Lunar Pages website – Provided reliable and affordable web hosting services. 2. Programming in C – A general purpose, widely used language; and assembly languages – low-level language used in the writing of computer programs. 3. Matlab – Numerical computing environment and programming language. 4. Multisim – An electronic schematic capture and simulation program. 5. MySQL – A multithreaded, multi-user SQL database management system. 6. PHP – (Hypertext Preprocessor), a reflective

Conference Session

Special Session on Fixed-Point Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Anderson, Georgia Institute of Technology; Tyson Hall, Southern Adventist University

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Computers in Education

Lecture AssessmentMuch of the lecture is in preparation for the laboratory exercises, so in practice, student lab-oratory performance reflects student performance relative to the lecture material. However,lecture material is assessed independently using the following methods.Homework Assignments Fixed–point signal processing involves many concepts that students can practice through homework assignments. These include converting number formats includ- ing Q-format, evaluating filter scaling factors and stability, analyzing through-put and latency for specific structures, and designing and converting various structures such as distributed arithmetic filters.Pre-lab Assignments The pre-lab assignments directly assess and promote those

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nirmala Gnanapragasam, Seattle University

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Design in Engineering Education

requires that students, in their senior year,synthesize their education of a whole person by reflecting on their humanitiesclasses, courses and experience in their area of specialization, and theirresponsibility to the world.To satisfy the university’s senior synthesis requirement, students in senior designare required to write a paper combining the humanities, scientific, social, ethicaland religious perspectives of their education. In this paper, the students examinetheir personal and intellectual development, their major field of study, and theirfuture. The paper focuses on the student's comprehension of the complexity ofthe world and how engineering can be used to approach real-world issues andproblems with humanity and sophistication.For

Conference Session

Our Future in Manufacturing

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danny Bee, University of Wisconsin-Stout; Bob Meyer, University of Wisconsin-Stout

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Manufacturing

12.1130.4needs for highly technical and competent manufacturing engineers. This need continues1 and farsurpasses the ability of the remaining manufacturing engineering programs to provide competentgraduates. Table 3. Year manufacturing engineering programs started Year Manufacturing Program Started Number of Programs 1970-79 1 1980-89 5 1990-99 12 2000- 7As noted in Table 3, manufacturing engineering programs were developed across the UnitedStates in response to industrial needs. These needs directly reflected the industry needs

Conference Session

K-12 Engineering and Pre-College Outreach Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Madhumi Mitra, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Langley.All the pre-service teachers enthusiastically participated in the workshop and wereexcited about introducing lessons based on the workshop in their future teaching careersin the K-12 system. This excitement was clearly evidenced in the creative lesson plansdeveloped and the feedback they provided. While most of the students developed lessonplans that integrated mathematics and technology standards with Lego Mindstorm basedactivities one of the institute participants ventured to develop sensor based roboticsactivity that integrated concepts from biology/biological sensor systems. Leaving asidethe “lesson plan development” assignment, the entire workshop was completed in oneafternoon (July 18), so there was little time left to reflect on the

Conference Session

Influence of Race and Culture

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tony Mitchell, North Carolina State University; John F. Flannigan, III, III, Sloan Construction Company; Renee M. Wooten, SAS Institute, Inc.; Eric P. Pearson, Northrop Grumman Corporation; Angelitha Daniel, North Carolina State University

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Minorities in Engineering

student population diversity that reflects both in-state and out-of- state student ratios; and • Double the enrollment and graduation rate of Native American engineering students.The purpose of our National Minority Engineering Programs Advisory Board is to: • Be a support body that provides advice on engineering and corporate programs, employment needs & trends; • Participate as is reasonable in MEP programs and activities,; • Support program needs related to minority engineering student success; and • Help facilitate professional development and hiring of a diverse pool of our engineering students.Industry Interaction with our MEP office and students include: • Hosting student orientation visits; • Giving

Conference Session

FPD3 -- Professional Issues for First-Year Courses

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Light, University of Washington; Russell Korte, University Of Minnesota; Ken Yasuhara, University of Washington; Deborah Kilgore, University of Washington

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First-Year Programs

address specific engineering problems devised first toelicit responses that reflect aspects of their engineering knowledge and skills, and second, toreveal how they apply this learning to engineering design practice. One of the problems given tostudents in the first year was a closed-ended question about the information they would need todesign a playground. Figure 1 contains the text of the question. You have been asked to design a playground. You have a limited amount of time and resources to gather information for your design. From the following list, please put a check mark next to the FIVE kinds of information you would MOST LIKELY NEED as you work on your design: - Availability of materials - Body proportions - Budget

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Cutlip, University of Connecticut; Mordechai Shacham, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Michael Elly, Intel Corp.

regression after removing a data point.In this section the data and the problem definition are prepared in advance while the equationsare developed in a live demonstration.Analysis of the Two Regression ModelsThe parameters of the various models and the quality of fit indicators can be calculated withPolymath and MATLAB in a live demonstration. Partial results of this analysis are presented inFigure 2 and Table 10. The random distribution of the residuals in Figure 2 shows that the linearmodel represents the data adequately. However, the results in Table 10 show that the regressionmodel with the non-zero intercept is very unstable (ill-conditioned). The instability is reflected inthe values of the 95% confidence intervals all of which are larger