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25 Cards in this Set
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Average |
Mean; add up all the good values and divide by how many there are. |
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Data |
Measurements and observations about something |
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Errors |
Small changes that cannot be avoided in with care. |
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First hand data |
data you collect yourself from an experiment. |
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Instrument error |
Error due to a faulty instrument or using it at a temperature it is not designed for |
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Mean |
Same as average |
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Mistakes |
Can be avoided with care; mistakes are not errors |
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Parallax error |
Error caused by not having your eye directly in line with the measurement |
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Qualitative data |
Observations that are descriptive only. |
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Quantitative data |
Measurements that use numbers. |
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Reading error |
error due to guess work needed when a measurement falls between an instruments markings |
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Second hand data |
Date you have not found through an experiment; comes from textbooks, encyclopedias, internet etc. |
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Tare |
Changing the zero on an electronic balance |
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Zero error |
Error due to instrument giving a small reading when it should read zero. |
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Bibliography |
Resources list |
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domain |
last part of a website address or URL |
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Imprint page |
Includes all relavant data about a book such as publisher, year of publication |
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URL |
Website address |
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aim |
purpose, what you are trying to do in an experient |
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conclusion |
a short summary of what you found out in an experiment |
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extrapolation |
Logical extension of a line graph |
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Hypothesis |
An educated guess about what might happen in an experiment |
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Line or curve of best fit |
straight line or curve drawn through the center of points on a graph |
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method |
A description of what you did in an experiment |
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Purpose |
Aim; What you are trying to do in an experiment |
