Measurement and uncertainty /
This program explores why measurement is important in science and why uncertainty is inevitable in scientific measurements. It also discusses averaging results, how to estimate the range of uncertainty in a measurement, accuracy and precision, how to manage uncertainty when adding, subtracting, mult...
| Other Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | This edition in English. |
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Blackburn, Victoria :
Reesfilms,
2008.
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| Series: | Engineering case studies online
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | This program explores why measurement is important in science and why uncertainty is inevitable in scientific measurements. It also discusses averaging results, how to estimate the range of uncertainty in a measurement, accuracy and precision, how to manage uncertainty when adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing measurements, and expressing uncertainty in standard form. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed Dec. 24, 2013). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (24 min.). |
| Playing Time: | 00:24:00 |
| Production Credits: | Script, Russell Downie & Rod Rees. |