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just how much the measured value is likely to deviate from the unknown, true, value of the quantity. The art of estimating these deviations should probably be called uncertainty analysis, but for historical reasons is referred to as error analysis. This document percentage error formula contains brief discussions about how errors are reported, the kinds of errors that can occur, how
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to estimate random errors, and how to carry error estimates into calculated results. We are not, and will not be, concerned with the “percent error” exercises percent error chemistry common in high school, where the student is content with calculating the deviation from some allegedly authoritative number. Significant figures Whenever you make a measurement, the number of meaningful digits that you write down implies the error in the measurement. For
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example if you say that the length of an object is 0.428 m, you imply an uncertainty of about 0.001 m. To record this measurement as either 0.4 or 0.42819667 would imply that you only know it to 0.1 m in the first case or to 0.00000001 m in the second. You should only report as many significant figures as are consistent with the estimated error. The quantity 0.428 m is said to have three significant figures, that is, three digits that make sense significant figures and percent error worksheet in terms of the measurement. Notice that this has nothing to do with the "number of decimal places". The same measurement in centimeters would be 42.8 cm and still be a three significant figure number. The accepted convention is that only one uncertain digit is to be reported for a measurement. In the example if the estimated error is 0.02 m you would report a result of 0.43 ± 0.02 m, not 0.428 ± 0.02 m. Students frequently are confused about when to count a zero as a significant figure. The rule is: If the zero has a non-zero digit anywhere to its left, then the zero is significant, otherwise it is not. For example 5.00 has 3 significant figures; the number 0.0005 has only one significant figure, and 1.0005 has 5 significant figures. A number like 300 is not well defined. Rather one should write 3 x 102, one significant figure, or 3.00 x 102, 3 significant figures. Absolute and relative errors The absolute error in a measured quantity is the uncertainty in the quantity and has the same units as the quantity itself. For example if you know a length is 0.428 m ± 0.002 m, the 0.002 m is an absolute error. The relative error (also called the fractional error) is obtained by dividing the absolute error in the quantity by the quantity itself. The relative error is usually more significant than the absolute error. For example a 1 mm error in the diameter of a skat
the symbols that represent the relevant physical quantities. Replace the coefficients with the numerical values obtained by the fit. Round these to the proper number of significant figures and include units. Question: Why
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would I use a graph of residuals, and how do I create such a
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graph in Logger Pro?Answer: The process is described in L04. Residuals are used to assess goodness of fit. Question: How do I relative error assess the reproducibility of a measurement? Answer: This involves taking repeated measurements, finding mean deviations, and finding the percent mean deviation. The process is described in L05. Question: How do I know whether to calculate a http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~labgroup/pdf/Error_analysis.htm percentage difference or a percentage error between two values? Answer: When you have no reason to expect that one value is any better than the other, find the percentage difference. When one of the values is taken as an accepted value because it is trusted by the scientific community (for example, the value of g), find the percentage error. Question: How do I calculate percentage difference? Answer: Simply divide the difference of http://courses.ncssm.edu/apb11/resources/guides/lab_faq.htm two values by the sum of the values and multiply the quotient by 100. % Difference = 100 ∙ (Value 1 - Value 2) (Value 1 + Value 2) Note that the sign of the result tells you by inspection which value is the larger. This is helpful when looking for systematic errors in a measurement technique. Question: How do I calculate experimental error? Answer: Divide the difference of two values by the accepted (or expected) value and multiply the quotient by 100. % Error = 100 ∙ |Measured Value - Accepted Value| (Accepted Value) Finding the absolute value of the difference is an accepted practice, although it's not essential. Question: Why do I always get the wrong number of significant figures in calculations of percentage difference and experimental error? Answer: Since the calculation involves both subtraction and division, you must use both the addition/subtraction and multiplication/division rules for significant figures. Apply the subtraction rule first and retain the smaller number of decimal digits. Then apply the division rule and retain the smaller number of significant figures. Most people use only the division rule. This almost always gives the incorrect number of significant figures. Question: How do I estimate percentage uncertainties in measurements, and why would I do this? Answer: Measurements ar
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