Sourcing for Parameter Estimation and Study of Logistic Differential Equation

This article offers modelling opportunities in which the phenomena of the spread of disease, perception of changing mass, growth of technology, and dissemination of information can be described by one differential equation--the logistic differential equation. It presents two simulation activities for students to generate real data, as well as several other activities in which data is offered for the purpose of estimating parameters in the logistic differential equation model. (Contains 5 tables and 9 figures.)