NATS 1840 Lecture Notes - Statistical Significance, Scientific Control, Repeatability
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Science, technology and the environment (sc nats 1840a) . Readings chapter 19. 5, 19. 1, 26, 28 (due next week) The outcome of any measurement is characterised by. Accuracy: how close the outcome is to the true" value. Precision: the degree to which repeated measurements yield the same value. Uncertainty in a measurement descries the range within which the true" value most likely lies. (example: podium width= 55. 35 cm (estimate) + 0. 05 cm