case1001: Galileo's Data on the Motion of Falling Bodies
Description
In 1609 Galileo proved mathematically that the trajectory of a body
falling with a horizontal velocity component is a parabola. His
search for an experimental setting in which horizontal motion was not
affected appreciably (to study inertia) let him to construct a certain
apparatus. The data comes from one of his experiments.
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source
Ramsey, F.L. and Schafer, D.W. (2002). The Statistical Sleuth: A
Course in Methods of Data Analysis (2nd ed), Duxbury.