Measurement and uncertainty
Description
This program explores why measurement is important in science and why uncertainty is inevitable in scientific measurements. It also discusses averaging results, how to estimate the range of uncertainty in a measurement, accuracy and precision, how to manage uncertainty when adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing measurements, and expressing uncertainty in standard form.
Runtime
24 min
Subjects
Genre
Date of Publication
2008
Database
Alexander Street
Direct Link
https://www.remote.uwosh.edu/login?url=http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?ENGV;2205758
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