Flashcards
Data Part 1
Cards in this deck (15)
- 1AverageMean
- 2DataMeasurements and observations about something
- 3ErrorsSmall changes to measurements that cannot be avoided, even with care
- 4First-hand dataData you collect yourself from an experiment
- 5Human reflexThe quickest time you can react to something; eg pressing a stopwatch to record a race time
- 6Instrument errorError due to a faulty instrument
- 7MistakesCan be avoided with care
- 8Parallax errorError caused by not having your eye directly in line with the measurement
- 9Qualitative dataObservations that are descriptive only
- 10Quantitative dataMeasurements that use numbers
- 11Reading errorError due to guesswork needed when a measurement falls between an instrument's markings
- 12TareChanging the zero on an electronic balance
- 13Zero errorError due to instrument giving a small reading when it should read zero
- 14MeanAverage;add up all the good values and divide by how many there are
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