Thinking Like an Engineer: An Active Learning Approach (4th Edition)
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780134639673
Author: Elizabeth A. Stephan, David R. Bowman, William J. Park, Benjamin L. Sill, Matthew W. Ohland
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3, Problem 8RQ
Which of the following describes random error?
- A. Random error is the uncertainty caused by instrumentation malfunction.
- B. Random error is the uncertainty inherently present in the instrumentation.
- C. Random error is the uncertainty that we try to eliminate from our experiment.
- D. Random error is the uncertainty cause by human mistakes.
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