Random and Systematic Errors Flashcards

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Repeatable error associated with faulty equipment or a flawed experiment design. (sisihin si instrument)

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Systematic Error

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Also called unsystematic error

Has no pattern

These errors are usually unavoidable

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Random Errors

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Types of Systematic errors

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Offset errors
Scale factor errors

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4
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the instrument isn’t set to zero when you start to weigh items

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Offset errors

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These are errors that are proportional to the true measurement.

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Scale factor errors

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