ISA Key words for science

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A Measurement result is considered ......... if it is judged to be close to the true value
Accurate
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Marking a scale on a measuring instrument
Calibration
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Information, either Qualitative or quantitive, that has been collected
Data
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See also uncertainties
Error
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The difference between a measured value and the true value
Measurement error
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These are values in a set of results which are judged not to be part of the variation caused by random uncertainty
Anomalies
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These cause readings to be spread about the true value, due to results varying in an unpredictable way
Random error
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These cause readings to differ from the true value by a constant amount each time a measurement is made
Systematic error
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Any indication that a measurement system gives a false reading when the true value of a measured quantity is zero.
Zero Error
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Data which has shown to be valid
Evidence
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A ........... is one in which only the independent variable has been allowed to affect the dependent variable.
Fair test
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A proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations
Hypothesis
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The quantity between readings
interval
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..... measurements are ones in which there is very little spread about the mean value
precision
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A ........... is a statement suggesting what will happen in the future based on observation and experience
prediction
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The maximum and minimum value of the independent and dependent variable
Range
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Card 2

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Calibration

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Marking a scale on a measuring instrument

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Data

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Card 4

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Error

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Card 5

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Measurement error

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