Worksheet #01 - Measurement and Experimental Error

Name

Please use the experiment description to answer the questions. Unless otherwise specified, all letters are

lower-case. Misspelled terms are counted as incorrect.

Question 1

2 pts

A measurement includes both a

and a/nQuestion 2

3 pts

The three types of experimental error (uncertainty) are

and/nQuestion 3

1 pt

Suppose a student has measured the 4 values 1.244, 1.231, 1.245, 1.254 for some quantity x in units

of m. What is the average value of x?/nQuestion 4

1 pt

If the device used to acquire the data of question 3 has a smallest scale division of 0.01 m, what is

the instrumental error in the measurement?/nQuestion 5

1 pt

For the data of question 3, what is the statistical error for x?/nQuestion 6

2 pts

For the data of question 3, what is the total error in the measurement?