Link:

https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/plinko-probability/latest/plinko-probability_en.html

Your goal in this experiment is to examine how , the mean value of the final location of a ball going through the apparatus, depends on the binary probability p. In particular, we will compare results to a proposed model: = Rp Where R is the number of rows.

Part 1:

Set the number of rows to 14, set the binary probability to 0.1, and release 5 balls. Determine a mean value and its corresponding uncertainty for the final location of a ball going through the apparatus using the resulting data. Hit reset and repeat this step again for p = 0.2, p = 0.4, p = 0.6, and p = 0.8 determining a mean value and corresponding uncertainty for each.

Part 2:

Compare each of your four mean values and uncertainties to the prediction of the model = Rp using One-Sample Distinguishability tests for each.

Part 3:

Slope from linear fit:

What variable should the slope be equal to:

Predicted slope from model:

Percent difference between fit slope and predicted slope: