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  2. Experimental uncertainty analysis - Wikipedia

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    Implicitly, all the analysis has been for the Method 2 approach, taking one measurement (e.g., of T) at a time, and processing it through Eq(2) to obtain an estimate of g. To use the various equations developed above, values are needed for the mean and variance of the several parameters that appear in those equations.

  3. Propagation of uncertainty - Wikipedia

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    Any non-linear differentiable function, (,), of two variables, and , can be expanded as + +. If we take the variance on both sides and use the formula [11] for the variance of a linear combination of variables ⁡ (+) = ⁡ + ⁡ + ⁡ (,), then we obtain | | + | | +, where is the standard deviation of the function , is the standard deviation of , is the standard deviation of and = is the ...

  4. Observational error - Wikipedia

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    Measurement errors can be divided into two components: random and systematic. [2] Random errors are errors in measurement that lead to measurable values being inconsistent when repeated measurements of a constant attribute or quantity are taken. Random errors create measurement uncertainty. Systematic errors are errors that are not determined ...

  5. Instrument error - Wikipedia

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    If the instrument has a needle which points to a scale graduated in steps of 0.1 units, then depending on the design of the instrument it is usually possible to estimate tenths between the successive marks on the scale, so it should be possible to read off the result to an accuracy of about 0.01 units.

  6. Measurement uncertainty - Wikipedia

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    In metrology, measurement uncertainty is the expression of the statistical dispersion of the values attributed to a quantity measured on an interval or ratio scale.. All measurements are subject to uncertainty and a measurement result is complete only when it is accompanied by a statement of the associated uncertainty, such as the standard deviation.

  7. Accuracy and precision - Wikipedia

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    According to ISO 5725-1, accuracy consists of trueness (proximity of the mean of measurement results to the true value) and precision (repeatability or reproducibility of the measurement). While precision is a description of random errors (a measure of statistical variability ), accuracy has two different definitions:

  8. List of experimental errors and frauds in physics - Wikipedia

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    He took extreme measures to isolate the equipment from seismic and other interferences, but Weber's criteria for data analysis turned out to be ill-defined and partly subjective. In 1974, the first indirect detection of gravitational waves was confirmed from observations of a binary pulsar , but by the end of the 1970s, Weber's work was ...

  9. Uncertainty quantification - Wikipedia

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    In this case, even if there is no unknown parameter in the model, a discrepancy is still expected between the model and true physics. Algorithmic Also known as numerical uncertainty, or discrete uncertainty. This type comes from numerical errors and numerical approximations per implementation of the computer model.