Chapter L.2, Problem 1RC

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation: The standard deviation of student A to be obtained.

Concept introduction:

Precision: Is a measurement indicates how well several determination of the same quantity agree.

Accuracy: Is the agreement of a measurement with the accepted value of the quantity.

Percent error: The difference between measured result and the accepted value.

$\text{Percent}\text{error}\text{=}\frac{\text{Error}\text{in}\text{measurement}}{\text{Accepted}\text{value}}\text{×}\text{100\%}$

$\text{Error in measurement = Experimentally determined value - Accepted value}\text{.}$