Difference Vs Percent Error
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a percentage of one (or both) values Use Percentage Change when comparing an Old Value to a New Value Use Percentage Error when comparing an Approximate Value to an Exact Value Use Percentage Difference when both percent difference formula values mean the same kind of thing (one value is not obviously older
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or better than the other). (Refer to those links for more details) How to Calculate Step 1: Subtract one value from percent difference versus percent error the other Step 2: Then divide by ... what? Percentage Change: Divide by the Old Value Percentage Error: Divide by the Exact Value Percentage Difference: Divide by the Average of The Two Values Step 3: absolute vs percent error Is the answer negative? Percentage Change: a positive value is an increase, a negative value is a decrease. Percentage Error: ignore a minus sign (just leave it off), unless you want to know if the error is under or over the exact value Percentage Difference: ignore a minus sign, because neither value is more important, so being "above" or "below" does not make sense. Step 4: Convert this into a
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percentage (multiply by 100 and add a % sign) The Formulas (Note: the "|" symbols mean absolute value, so negatives become positive.) Percent Change = New Value - Old Value × 100% |Old Value| Example: There were 200 customers yesterday, and 240 today: 240 - 200 × 100% = (40/200) × 100% = 20% |200| A 20% increase. Percent Error = |Approximate Value - Exact Value| × 100% |Exact Value| Example: I thought 70 people would turn up to the concert, but in fact 80 did! |70 - 80| × 100% = (10/80) × 100% = 12.5% |80| I was in error by 12.5% (Without using the absolute value, the error is -12.5%, meaning I under-estimated the value) Percentage Difference = | First Value - Second Value | × 100% (First Value + Second Value)/2 Example: "Best Shoes" gets 200 customers, and "Cheap Shoes" gets 240 customers: | 240 - 200 | × 100% = |40/220| × 100% = 18.18...% (200+240)/2 Percentage Difference Percentage Error Percentage Change Percentage Index Search :: Index :: About :: Contact :: Contribute :: Cite This Page :: Privacy Copyright © 2014 MathsIsFun.com
Community Forums > Physics > General Physics > Dismiss Notice Join Physics Forums Today! The friendliest, high quality science and math community on calculating percent difference in physics the planet! Everyone who loves science is here! % Deviation vs. % percent change difference Error? Feb 16, 2007 #1 rachelle % Deviation vs. % Error?? Hey guys, what's the difference between
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percent deviation and percent error?? I'm totally confused... how do I compare those two percentages? Any explanation or links that can help me with this so I can understand better http://www.mathsisfun.com/data/percentage-difference-vs-error.html is much appreciated! Thanks~ Rachelle rachelle, Feb 16, 2007 Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories on Phys.org •As hunt for sterile neutrino continues, mystery deepens •New sensor material could enable more sensitive readings of biological signals •Researchers prevent quantum errors from occurring by continuously watching a quantum system Feb 16, 2007 #2 jtbell Staff: Mentor Does https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/deviation-vs-error.156715/ this help? http://www.shodor.org/UNChem/math/stats/ jtbell, Feb 16, 2007 Feb 17, 2007 #3 rachelle Yes! Thank you :) But can you tell me one more thing... what does the percent deviation tell me? As oppose to my percent error..? For instance I get my percent deviation to be 5%, and my percent error = 11%. What does this tell me? Thanks in advance~ rachelle, Feb 17, 2007 Feb 17, 2007 #4 FredGarvin Science Advisor The deviation is based on the mean of the sample as being your point of reference for the measurement. The error is based on a theoretic value expected. The deviation doesn't have to be a theoretical expected value. It just happens to be the mean. Your results mean that the data you collected was skewed. The man of your data was not in line with the theoretical expected value. FredGarvin, Feb 17, 2007 Sep 20, 2011 #5 nmah Re: % Deviation vs. % Error?? jtbell said: ↑ Does this help? http://www.shodor.org/UNChem/math/stats/ this example have theoretical value which is 54 cel
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