ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION
As in any scientific experiment it important to not only consider, but to include
any error that is associated with the data.
This experimental error should not be viewed
as careless mistakes that could have been avoided.
There will always be some degree of
error involved with any measurement, but it is our job to conduct this experiment as
accurately as possible to reduce this error to a minimum.
In summary, for this
experiment, we are measuring different tau’s at different resistances.
This section of our
lab report will be simply explaining different uncertainties related to the measurements so
you can truly know how accurate and precise the data actually is.
Two primary pieces of data to consider for error are the resistance box and the
time constant, τ.
For the resistor box there were no error propagation calculations
necessary.
The side of the box indicated a 10% error associated with each resistance,
which suggests a great uncertainty with the larger the resistance you use.
Our group used
six different resistances ranging from 1000Ω to 2000Ω increasing in increments of 200.
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- Spring '08
- Cao
- 10%, 63%, 1.13%, 1.12%
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