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ERIC Number: EJ187440
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978
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Simulation of the Effects of Random Measurement Errors
Kinsella, I. A.; Hannaidh, P. B. O.
Physics Education, 13, 4, 231-3, May 78
Describes a simulation method for measurement of errors that requires calculators and tables of random digits. Each student simulates the random behaviour of the component variables in the function and by combining the results of all students, the outline of the sampling distribution of the function can be obtained. (GA)
Descriptors: College Science, Computation, Higher Education, Instruction, Measurement, Predictive Measurement, Science Education, Simulation, Statistical Analysis
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Language: English
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