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Battaglia, Onoforio Rosario; Di Paola, Benedetto; Fazio, Claudio – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2019
A relevant aim of research in education is to find and study the reasoning lines that students deploy when dealing with problematic situations. This can be done through an analysis of the answers students give to a questionnaire. In this paper, we discuss some methodological aspects involved in the quantitative analysis of a questionnaire by means…
Descriptors: Correlation, Coding, Statistical Analysis, Questionnaires
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Deacon, Christopher G. – Physics Teacher, 1992
Describes two simple methods of error analysis: (1) combining errors in the measured quantities; and (2) calculating the error or uncertainty in the slope of a straight-line graph. Discusses significance of the error in the comparison of experimental results with some known value. (MDH)
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Goodness of Fit, High Schools, Higher Education