Texas Instruments TINSPIRE Data Collection Guidebook - Page 3

Contents Important Information ii Getting Started 1 About Vernier DataQuest 1 Exploring the Screens 2 Learning about Collection Devices 5 Performing an Experiment 9 Starting a Document 9 Connecting Sensors 10 Modifying Sensor Settings 10 Setting the Collection Mode 12 Collecting Data 16 Storing a Data Set 21 Saving an Experiment 21 Working in the Graph View 23 Displaying Graphs 23 Customizing the Graph 28 Analyzing the Data in Table View 41 Defining Column Options 41 Creating a New Data Set 42 Changing a Data Set Name 42 Adding a New Column 43 Adding a New Calculated Column 45 Striking and Restoring Data 47 Analyzing Data in Graph View 51 Viewing Data for Analysis 51 Interpolating the Value Between Two Data Points 53 Finding the Slope 53 Finding the Area Under a Data Plot 54 Removing Analysis Options 60 Using Advanced Data Collection Options 63 Setting Up Offline Sensors 63 Setting Up a Remote Collection Unit 64 Setting Up the Sensor for Triggering 65 Using the Manual Trigger to Start the Collection 67 Using a Delay to Start the Collection 68 iii