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Uncertainties Flashcards

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To find the reading uncertainty for a digital device you…

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+/- 1in the least significant digit

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To find the reading uncertainty for an analogue device you…

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+/- half in the smallest division on the scale of the apparatus

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What type of uncertainty causes the line of best fit to miss the origin when it is expected to go through it?

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Systematic uncertainty

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How could you reduce the random uncertainty?

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Take more repeated readings

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