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2007-05-29 04:49:38 · 4 answers · asked by Maria Gallercia 4 in Science & Mathematics Mathematics

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A sampling error results because a small subset of a total population is unlikely to give results that exactly match the results you might have gotten if the entire population were measured. For example, the standard deviation of a sample is always greater than the standard deviation of the parent population. That's because there is more uncertainty and likely error, sampling error, in that metric.

When measuring to create data for a sample, for example, the data are not always correct. That's measurement error. Has nothing to do with means, standard deviation, and such of the sample, but of the measurements taken to derive the data. In other words, you'd have measurement error even if you had no intention of using the data statistically.

Using a very precise metric to measure something will result in a increase in inaccuracy because precision and accuracy are trade offs. For example, it may be accurate to say, "It's hot out," but that is not very precise. On the other hand, it is probably inaccurate to say "It's its 98.111345 degs out," because it might well be 98.111346 degrees. In general, one says a measurement is accurate to the next to last decimal point precision. For example, in the last example, we'd say the measurement is accurate to the fifth decimal point (e.g., the 4 position).

2007-05-29 05:08:44 · answer #1 · answered by oldprof 7 · 1 1

Error Of Measurement

2016-11-16 16:02:18 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

A sampling error occurs when a the testing samples are inadequate for the test being performed. Perhaps the number of samples is insufficient or the sampled items are not random enough. A measurement error occurs when the selected sample is incorrectly measured or calculated. Either will distort your conclusion, although the measurement error is usually more easily defined.

2007-05-29 05:03:27 · answer #3 · answered by vanilla_thunderrr 1 · 1 0

customary deviation is the form of values or variables from the advise and is the sq. root of variance many times depicted below grouped or non-grouped documents. stanadard blunders, is the calculation of the pattern means' deviance from the relatively advise of a inhabitants. It measures the accuracy with which a pattern represents a inhabitants

2016-12-18 07:39:15 · answer #4 · answered by scheiber 4 · 0 0

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