standard deviation Flashcards

1
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how to work out uncertainties

A

work out margin of error for each reading
find uncertainty of each reading (margin of error divided by 2)
add together the measured volumes to get a combined volume
combine answers to get total volume and uncertainty

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2
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if error bars overlap

A

we can be less certain about any differences between data

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