Chapter 3 Science Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Estimate | is an approximation of a number based on reasonable assumptions |
Accuracy | refers to how close a measurement is to the true or accepted value |
Precision | refers to how close a group of measurements are to each other |
Significant Figures | in a measurement include all digits measured exactly, plus one estimated digit |
Percent Error | a calculation used to determine how accurate, or close to the true value, an experimental value really is. |
Mean | is the numerical average of a set of data |
Median | is the middle number in a set of data |
Mode | is the number that appears most often in a list of numbers |
Range | of a set of data is the difference between the greatest value and the least value in the set |
Anomaious Data | data that does not fit with the rest of a data set |
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