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Date: 09/07/2023 Section: PHYS 2426 6301 Name Surname (Last Name): Melody Martinez Villanueva Laboratory #: 1 Laboratory Title: Uncertainty and Error Propagation Objective (in one or two sentences): To understand the basic usage of a vernier caliper and reading the vernier scale properly. How to determine uncertainty in either a measurement or in a calculated quantity, by either calculating the standard deviation of data or using error propagation. Apparatus (in one or two sentences): The equipment used for this experiment will be a wooden block, PCV pipe, Vernier caliper. Theory (in one or two sentences): With the help of a vernier caliper a trial can be run to determine the uncertainty of each the wooden block and the PVC tube’s volume. A systematic error is more likely to cause an uncertainty and can be calculated by using error propagation or calculating the standard deviation. Data: By using two tables measuring the dimensions of the wooden block and PVC tube each having four trials, we can determine the standard deviation and the uncertainty. The data will be collected using the vernier caliper and the uncertainty will be collected using a different from of an equation depending on the process. Discussion: Measurements were collected by using vernier caliper. Determining the uncertainty was done by using error propagation or calculating the standard deviation. Conclusion: By understanding how to use and read a vernier caliper we found that when measuring dimensions uncertainty is going to happen due to a systematic error. Having said uncertainty can be found using error propagation or calculating the standard deviation.
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