Article
Spline Bottles
American Statistician
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2000
Disciplines
Abstract
The relationship between the volume of a liquid in a bottle as a function of the height of the liquid is used to illustrate polynomial regression and the fitting of spline models. A polynomial regression exercise is provided where students attempt to determine the shape of a bottle using only the height and volume data from the bottle, The height and volume data for bottles are easy-to obtain and provide an interesting data-collecting activity for introducing spline models in a regression course.
DOI
10.2307/2686031
Citation Information
Thaddeus Tarpey and John Holcomb. "Spline Bottles" American Statistician Vol. 54 Iss. 2 (2000) p. 129 - 135 ISSN: 0003-1305 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/thaddeus_tarpey/6/