Parts of the Whole: Error Estimation for Science Students
It is important for science students to understand not only how to estimate error sizes in measurement data, but also to see how these errors contribute to errors in conclusions they may make about the data. Relatively small errors in measurement, errors in assumptions, and roundoff errors in comput...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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National Numeracy Network
2017-01-01
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Series: | Numeracy |
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Online Access: | http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/numeracy/vol10/iss1/art11/ |