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Basically I am changing something incrementally and systematically (x-axis) and noting the induced change that occurs in another quality (y-axis). The response tends to be linearly increasing, y = mx. I repeated this measurement on four different samples from the same "batch", so that...

Hi there, I have a bit of a confusing question, but I'll try to be as clear as I can in asking it. I have a set of linear fits for four different sets of data. Basically, I have three sets of data, with sample sizes N1 = 5, N2 = 7, N3 = 5 respectively. I have plotted these data with...

Thank you all for your replies. I think at the moment I am leaning towards the Masters. The good news is, I can apply for law school, and if I get in next year, re-evaluate at that point, after having completed a few months of the masters. That should give me a good idea of whether I'm...

Hey guys. I'd like some advice. I graduated with a B.Sc. in physics this past May. I am working in a research capacity in a Nanotech Lab at a university in the Department of Electrical Engineering, being paid below minimum. I have applied to start a Master's in Electrical Engineering in...

That's my university! But I must say, good luck getting into their medical school. No offense, but you have like zero chance. Mostly because it doesn't exist

I would say that there is definitely more variation than those two scenarios you give, maverick. Extension of an idea beyond what is perhaps proven to be possible is very common, and I think most people would happily read a science fiction book containing these extensions without feeling the...

I think your ideas sound very cool. And you're right, the very best of sci-fi incorporates strong and legitimate science into it. One thing I would caution you is to avoid pseudo-scientific words and jargon like "proto-matter" and "law of cohesion"-- people with an education in those areas...

Thanks so much for all the replies. I agree with the statement that the Honours degree is becoming the norm for people on the grad-school track. I will, however, have taken the majority of the courses needed to graduate with an Honours degree, I will only be two or three short. Perhaps...

Hey all, I'm at a crossroads and feeling really stressed out. Below are my options: a) Complete a BSc in Physics, 4 - year Honours: It will take me two more years of intense work. I am already on my fourth year of the degree but messed everything up by taking only one course my second...

Help :( Degree selection and pressed for time So I just went to see my academic advisor and it turns out my scholarly plan is more screwed up then I thought :( I've been going over it and I really have two options for what I can do for my degree. I would really really like to finish in two...

Hey all, I'm a third/coming fourth year physics major and I'm starting to get a little apprehensive. Graduation is looming and I don't know if this degree is going to do very much for me. I'm afraid that when I graduate I will have no prospects for a job or career or no acceptances to grad...

I agree with the person above. You need to learn how to write exams. You need to be making practice tests for yourself and timing yourself so that you can finish difficult test questions comfortably within the allotted time. And never leave a question blank, never ever, no matter how menial or...

If you visualize it as a number line as the other poster suggested, you could say that the object in motion acclerates to the right (positive acceleration), accelerates to the left (negative acceleration), accelerates to the left (positive deceleration) and accelerates to the right (negative...

I love the mix of courses everyone is taking. Mine's depressingly homogeneous Quantum Mechanics I Classical Mechanics I Intermediate Calculus Scientific Computing I Possibly Electomagnetic Theory, but I'm thinking the above four will be sufficient

I know, I even stated as such. I think the likelihood of my ever taking one is slim.