Data

Data

qualitative data
1. Observations that are only descriptive. (no numerics)
quantitative data
1. Measurements that use numbers
Secondary Data
1. imprint page
  1. A page that includes all relevant data about a book such as a publisher and date of publication.
2. resource list
  1. List of all resources used in gathering data for an experiment or report.
3. URL
  1. Domain
    1. .net
    2. .edu
    3. .au
    4. .com
    5. .org
    6. .gov
Primary Data
1. mistakes
  1. Things that effect your measurements and can be avoided by care. Mistakes are not errors.
2. errors
  1. Small changes to measurements that can not be avoided even with care.
3. parallax error
  1. An error caused by not having your eye directly in line with the measurement.
4. reading errors
  1. Measurements that often fall between the markings of a measuring device.
5. Instrument errors
  1. Error due to faulty instrument
6. tare
  1. Changing the zero on an electronic balance.
7. outliers
  1. A value that is much smaller or much larger than the other values in a set of data.
8. human reflex
  1. Your quickest reaction to something.
9. zero errors
  1. Error caused by instrument giving a small reading when it should read zero.
10. average
  1. The sum of a list of numbers divided by the number of numbers in the list.
Graphing Data
1. Pie chart
2. Bar graphs
3. Line graphs
Tables of Data
1. Units
  1. seconds (s)
  2. meters (m)
  3. liters (L)
  4. grams (g)
  5. Newtons (N)
  6. joules (J)
Practical report
1. Hypothesis
  1. Educated Guess
2. Materials
  1. Chemicals used
  2. Equipment used
3. Procedure (or method)
4. Purpose
5. Heading
6. Results
7. Review/Discussion
  1. What happened and why
  2. What you think your results show
  3. Include secondary data that relates to your investigation
  4. Problems encountered and what was done to overcome them
  5. construct a conclusion
  6. assess your investigation
    1. assess whether you hypothesis was correct or not

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