The Penny Experiment Revisited: An Illustration of Significant Figures, Accuracy, Precision, and Data Analysis

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTThe Penny Experiment Revisited: An Illustration of Significant Figures, Accuracy, Precision, and Data AnalysisJoseph Bularzik View Author Information Department of Chemistry and Physics, Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, IN 46323-2094Cite this: J. Chem. Educ. 2007, 84, 9, 1456Publication Date (Web):September 1, 2007Publication History Received3 August 2009Published online1 September 2007Published inissue 1 September 2007https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ed084p1456https://doi.org/10.1021/ed084p1456research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views2109Altmetric-Citations7LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail Other access optionsGet e-Alertsclose SUBJECTS:Cross-disciplinary concepts,Physical chemistry,Students Get e-Alerts