Physics for Geologists, Second edition
Physics for Geologists, Second edition
Physics for Geologists, Second edition
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136 Some dangers of mathematical statistics<br />
Table 13.2 Measured values of the<br />
solid proportion<br />
Vo, of 5 550 m s-' . Linear regression analysis gives the <strong>for</strong>mula<br />
with a correlation coefficient of r = 0.90 with 11 degrees of freedom, which<br />
is highly significant. This seems to be entirely satisfactory. However, linear<br />
regression analysis of the logarithms of the quantities reveals that the natural<br />
relationship cannot be linear because the slope is much nearer 0.5 than 1.<br />
The correlation coefficient is also 0.90.<br />
Linear regression analysis of the logarithms leads to the following<br />
equation:<br />
Now, one boundary condition is that when the porosity is zero and 1 -f = 1,<br />
the dimensionless velocity V/Vo = 1. The coefficient 6 must there<strong>for</strong>e also<br />
equal 1, not 0.97. If we constrain the line so that it passes through the points<br />
In (1,l) and the mean values of In (1 - f ) and In (V/Vo) the slope is 0.52<br />
and a good practical <strong>for</strong>mula turns out to be<br />
This satisfies the boundary conditions, and it only remains to determine the<br />
best value of Vo to use. This is a very different <strong>for</strong>mula from the one that<br />
Copyright 2002 by Richard E. Chapman