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Direct linkCross, Rod – Physics Teacher, 2021
A common procedure when conducting physics experiments is to repeat a measurement several times to calculate the mean and standard deviation. That might be the only instruction we give to students as a means to minimize random errors. However, that technique does not guarantee that the answer will be correct. It might give the same wrong answer…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Experiments, Computation, Error of Measurement
