KamilaCastellanos

LouisGonick
JosDanielDuque
MeasurementsandErrorsPart1

Objective:TheobjectiveofthislabwastohelpusrealizehowthePercentageerror
maychangedependingonhowpreciseweare.

Hypotheses:ifwemeasurethewoodenblockseveraltimesbutmovingitupwardalittle
biteachtimewewillgetdifferentmeasurementsthenwecanhaveabiggerpercentage
error.

TheatricalFundamentals:Thedefinitionoferror:Amistakeorinaccuracy.Ithinkthe
biggestmistakewedidonthisexperimentiswhenwemeasuredforfirsttimewedidthe
lengthandwemeasuredtothenearesttensowedonthaveanydecimalssoouranswers
arealittlebitodd,andattheendwedidnothavetimetorepeatedexperiment.

Experimentaldesign:
Manipulatedvariable
Responding
variable
Constants Control
Caliper(movingittogetdifferentmeasurements)
Length
Width
Height
Woodenblock
Caliper

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Materials:
OneCaliper(1mm)
Onewoodenblock

Procedure:
Placethewoodenblockonastablesurfaceandstartmeasuringthelengthwiththecaliper
repeatthisprocedure6timeseachtimemovingthecaliperalittlebithigher.
Repeatstepsthreeandfourbutinsteadmeasurethewidthoftheblock.
Repeatstepsthreeandfourbutinsteadmeasuretheheightoftheblock

Resultsandanalysis:

Dimensions Symbols
x1
x2
LengthL
69
20
20
69
Width W
55
41.5 55
54.9
Height H
33.5 32.9 32.7 33.2

Deviation:

Length:6920=49
2020=0
2069=49
6920=49
2020=0
2036.33=16.33
Averageofdeviation:21.77
%error:21.77/36.33*100=59.9=60

Width:5541.5=13.5
41.555=13.5
5554.9=0.1
54.954.9=0
54.953.7=1.2
53.752.5=1.2
Averageofdeviation:4.92
%error:4.92/52.5*100=9.36

Height:33.532.9=0.6
32.932.7=0.2
32.733.2=0.5
33.233.4=0.2
33.433.1=0.3
33.133.13=0.03
Averageofdeviation:1.83
%error:1.83/33.13*100=5.52

V=60*9.36*5.52=3100

x3
20
54.9
33.4

x4
20
53.7
33.1

x5
x6
36.33
52.5
33.13

average


Conclusion:
Thepurposeofthisexperimentwastoshowusinamoreclearwayhowtofind
percentageerrorandtoproveusthatifyouhavemoredatathepercentageerrorwillbe
moreprecise.Wefoundoutthatifwedidnotdothemeasurementscorrectlywewould
haveproblemsattheend.Theexperimentprovedourhypothesiscorrectlybecauseyou
havemoreinformationandthishelpstheanswertobemoreprecise.(Addspecificdatato
supportyourhypothesis)Thetruthsthatwehaveseenmuchabouthisonthebook.AsI
saidbeforethemorethebetter,ifwehavemoreinformationordatatheresultswillbe
moreexactorposiesbecauseitsnotcenteredintwoorthreenumberbutmoresoithasa
biggeroption.TheproblemswedidarenotclearbutasIexplainedbeforewehadtreble
withthelengthofthewoodenblockbecausewedidthemeasurementsonlytothenearest
tenthsowedonthaveaverypreciseaverage.Anothermistakecouldbeifwedidnot
finishtheexperimentinoneblockwecouldhaveadifferentblocktocontinuethe
experimentbutthiswisentourcase.FortheexperimenttobebetterIthinkyoucouldgive
moremeasuringtoolsandothermaterialtomeasure.Sotheexperimentcouldbefun.I
wouldrecommendthenextgenerationwhodoesthisexperimenttotakeasmanydecimal
pointsaspossiblethiswillmakeiteasierandwillgiveyouabetteraverageandbetter
results.

Biblography
(2003).InTheFreeDictionary.RetrievedSeptember24,2012,from
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/error