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17 Cards in this Set
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Measurement |
A determination of the amount of something |
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Unit |
A fixed amount of something like a cm of distance
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English System |
Measurement system used in the United States |
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SI |
International system of units used by most countries world wide |
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Accuracy |
How close a measurement is to an accepted or true value
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Precision |
Describes how close together or reproducible repeated measurements are |
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Resolution |
Refers to the smallest interval that can be measured |
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Distance |
The amount of space between two points |
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length |
A measured distance |
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Meter |
A basic SI unit of length |
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Light Year |
The distance that light travels through space in one year |
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Graph |
A visual representation of data |
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Scatterplot |
A graph of two variables thought to be related
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Independent Variable |
A variable that you believe might influence another variable |
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Dependent Variable |
The variable that you believe is influenced by the independent variable |
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Direct Relationship |
A relationship in which one variable increases with an increase in another variable |
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Inverse Realtionship |
A relationship in which one variable decreases whiles the other variable increases |
