Evaluating Data Flashcards

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What does Evaluate mean

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Evaluate means to look at the data you have and decide on the quality of it and also state how you could improve it if you did the experiment again

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What does confidence mean

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Confidence means the amount of trust you have in your experiment so if you point out things that were wrong the first time and don’t do them a second time you should have more confidence in your results

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Random error

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A random error is an error that can affect the spread or cause outliers,For example the temperature in a roomchanging because a door was opened

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Systematic error

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This makes your measurements less accurate for example a newtonmeter reading 1N even though there is nothing attached to it.

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