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give results in a descriptive, nonnumerical form. |
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Quantitative measurements |
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give results in a definite form, usually as numbers and units. |
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a number is written as the product of two numbers: a coefficient and 10 raised to a power. |
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Fa measure of how close a measurement comes to the accepted actual value for that measurement.
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a measure of how close a series of measurements are to each other |
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a measure of how close you are to the accepted value for a set of measurements |
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a value that is assumed to be true from several scientific tests |
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Fthe value that you came up with when you went to the lab in the back of the room and did the experiment.
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[absolute error] x 100%
accepted value
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all of the digits that are known plus an estimated digit |
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