A discussion of Emily Dickinson's use of mathematics, her use of Jeremiah Day's algebra textbook, an illustration of the connection between the vocabulary in one Dickinson poem and Day's textbook, and the work of other Dickinson scholars who explore similar ideas.
Several real data sets are described and their use in a variety of applied courses at the college level are illustrated. All of the data sets are significantly large to require analysis by computer and provide a rich setting for students to investigate a variety of questions. Some different strategies for organizing student explorations of the data will be discussed.
