From 15d740322e9c55d406f81795479c72f4998439e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: zleyyij Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2023 14:13:01 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] vault backup: 2023-12-12 14:13:01 --- education/statistics/Measurement Error.md | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/education/statistics/Measurement Error.md b/education/statistics/Measurement Error.md index 7e031b8..840e6fb 100644 --- a/education/statistics/Measurement Error.md +++ b/education/statistics/Measurement Error.md @@ -1,4 +1,8 @@ (Chapter 6, STAT 1040) # Bias v. Chance Error -Bias affects all measurements the same way, making them all too large or too small. \ No newline at end of file +## Bias +Bias *affects all measurements the same way, making them all too large or too small*. Bias is detected by comparing to an external standard. +## Chance error +Chance errors *change from measurement to measurement but average out over time*. There is no way to remove all chance errors from a measuring process. An example of chance error would be starting a stopwatch then attempting to stop it at exactly 5 seconds, then repeating. The times will vary, but each measurement will vary in a different way. +