Measurement and uncertainty

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This program explores why is measurement important in science? Why is uncertainty inevitable in scientific measurements? The importance of multiple measurements and of averaging the results, how to...

This program explores why is measurement important in science? Why is uncertainty inevitable in scientific measurements? The importance of multiple measurements and of averaging the results, how to estimate the range of uncertainty in a measurement, accuracy and precision, how to manage uncertainty whenn adding, subtracting, multiplying or dividing measurements and expressing uncertainty in standard form. The program concludes with a practical exercise: students are shown how to measure the Sun's diameter, and estimate the uncertainty of their results.--from container

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