Skill — Calculate the uncertainty of a derived quantity.
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Linked atoms
12 linked atoms.
00 Physical quantities, estimation, equilibrium
- Percentages and uncertainty in surveys
- Problem — Significant figures at the supermarket
- Problem — Ranking relative uncertainties
00b Experimental method
- Worked example — Relative uncertainty in a quotient
- Worked example — Error propagation in a product
- Problem — Human stopwatch
- Problem — Systematic versus random error
- Problem — Required precision on g
- Problem — Designing the measurement of g
- Problem — Ranking instrument uncertainty
- Problem — Fermi estimate, measurements of g
- Problem — True or false on experimental errors