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 We describe an experiment and offer data from a previously conducted experiment on the perception of the individual mass of a collection of rocks in comparison to a 100 g brass mass. We lead students to use the logistic differential equation as a reasonable model, estimate the parameters, compare the model with data, and ask them to develop a criterion for determining which group of perceivers is best.

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

• Brian Winkel (2015), "1-019-S-RocksInTheHead," https://simiode.org/resources/749.

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1. data
2. develop
3. directed
4. experiment
5. fitting
6. logistic
7. mass
8. Mathematica
9. medium
10. nonlinear
11. ordinary
12. parameter
13. perception
14. rocks
15. separable
16. social