This article describes a collaborative learning experience in experimental design that closely approximates what practicing statisticians and researchers in applied science experience during consulting. Statistics majors worked with a teaching assistant from the chemistry department to conduct a series of experiments characterizing the variation…

Some simple modeling with Riemann sums can be used to develop Beer's Law, which describes the relationship between the absorbance of light and the concentration of the solution which the light is penetrating. A further application of the usefulness of Beer's Law in creating calibration curves is also presented. (Contains 3 figures.)

A SUMMARY IS GIVEN OF 13 EXPERIMENTS IN DIRECT INSTRUCTION BY TELEVISION IN BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, ELEMENTARY SCIENCE, DRIVER EDUCATION, AND MATHEMATICS. IN ADDITION, FOUR EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED DURING THE 1959-60 SCHOOL YEAR ARE ABSTRACTED IN GREATER DETAIL. (MS)