Students will learn to:
Use the appropriate statistical test to evaluate the quality of data.
Use the correct type of t test to make decisions regarding statistical significance.
Compare the average and standard deviation of a data set that of another data set.
Compare the average and standard deviation of a data set to a “true” or accepted value.
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Students will learn to:
Predict elution order of compounds
Calculate retention factor and selectivity factor
Explain the effect of mobile phase composition on resolution and peak shape at a molecular level
Use elution gradients to improve separation of compounds in a mixture
Explain the effect of flow rate on separation at a molecular level
Students will learn to:
Calculate the resolution of 2 peaks in a chromatographic experiment.
Use chromatographic data in a quantitative analysis.
Introduction This Shiny app simulates cyclic voltammetry experiments using the computational method outlined in Gosser, D. K. Cyclic Voltammetry Simulation and Analysis of Reaction Mechanisms, VCH, New York, 1993 and in Brown, J. […]
Students explore aspects of the signal-to-noise ratio for chromatographic data when completing this activity.
Students will learn to:
understand how a sample relates to a population;
understand how a population can be represented by the normal distribution according to the Central Limit Theorem
understand how a confidence interval can be used to indicate where the true mean is found for a sample.
Students explore various concepts related to resolution in chromatographic methods.
In the process of thinking about the problem of the Lake Nakuru flamingos, you will have the chance to apply knowledge you have gained in your chemistry coursework and to learn in greater detail important concepts related to modern chemical analysis.
Students use computer simulations to explore analog to digital conversion in this activity.
Students explore basic statistical concepts in this activity.
Students explore Fick’s first and second laws of diffusion in this activity.
Could toxic pesticides like DDT be responsible for the deaths of large numbers of lesser flamingos at Lake Nakuru, Kenya? While many organochlorine pesticides including DDT have been banned for decades in […]