OSP Data Tool Distribution

The materials distributed in this directory are in support of the Data Tool program. Data Tool is a data analysis tool for plotting and fitting data from laboratory experiments, simulations, video analysis, or any other data set organized into columns.  A click of a checkbox in Data Tool allows the user to change the appearance of plots, see standard statistics for the data set or apply built-in linear, quadratic or cubic fits to the data set. DataTool also includes a number of standard mathematical functions that can be applied to the data set, allowing for further analysis and extending the range of potential fits to the data.

DataTool is part of a suite of Open Source Physics tools. The program is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive. Double clicking the osp_data_tool.jar file will run the program if Java is installed on your computer. Additional programs can be found by searching ComPADRE for Open Source Physics. This distribution contains the program, documentation and sample data files.


osp_data_tool.jar

The Data Tool program is distributed in this file.  This program is a data analysis tool for use with data sets.  It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive.  Double clicking the osp_data_tool.jar file will run the program if Java is installed. The default configuration is an empty data set.


osp_data_tool_documentation.pdf

A pdf document that briefly describes the Data Tool program. It describes how to use the osp_data_tool.jar file and how to use with the sample data files included in the distribution folder.

data_tool_ball_drop.xml

Sample data set that can be loaded into the osp_data_tool.jar file using the File | Open menu item.  This parameter file loads data from a ball falling: vertical position as a function of time.


data_tool_velocity_histogram.xml

Sample data set that can be loaded into the osp_data_tool.jar file using the File | Open menu item.  This parameter file loads data from a simulation of a histrogram of velocity for an ideal gas (from stp_Boltzmann.jar).


data_tool_pendulum.xml

Sample data set that can be loaded into the osp_data_tool.jar file using the File | Open menu item.  This parameter file loads data from a pendulum swing: vertical position as a function of time.


data_tool_pendulum.xml

Sample data set that can be loaded into the osp_data_tool.jar file using the File | Open menu item.  This parameter file loads data from a in projectile motion (an extension of the data set in data_tool_ball_drop.xml)
