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Oct. 10th, 2007 08:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
revchrisI was working in the microscopy lab today doing software updates (LabView 8.2.1 via the online installer is really slloooowwwww), and had been in there for about threee hours when the class I was trying to get everything ready for came in.
They were doing data analysis on last week's lab, and today's project was to calculate the Weibull Modulus from their data. Paul (the prof) explained how it was done, and then gave them the necessary equations, and sent most of them off to the other computer lab (because I was still using 9 of the 11 computers in the room).
As they were about to leave, I asked Paul if he'd explained why the Weibull Modulus was only used on data with minor oscillations and a general positive trend. Paul looked back at me with sort of a "deer in the headlights" look.
At which point I said "Well, we all know that Weibulls wobble, but they don't fall down." Paul left the room, and the rest of the undergrads decided that that was a good enough line that they should write it down and use it again later.
They were doing data analysis on last week's lab, and today's project was to calculate the Weibull Modulus from their data. Paul (the prof) explained how it was done, and then gave them the necessary equations, and sent most of them off to the other computer lab (because I was still using 9 of the 11 computers in the room).
As they were about to leave, I asked Paul if he'd explained why the Weibull Modulus was only used on data with minor oscillations and a general positive trend. Paul looked back at me with sort of a "deer in the headlights" look.
At which point I said "Well, we all know that Weibulls wobble, but they don't fall down." Paul left the room, and the rest of the undergrads decided that that was a good enough line that they should write it down and use it again later.
