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Home / Active Learning / Errors and Statistics

Errors and Statistics

23 March 2022
Tom Wenzel
b. Characterizing experimental errors

Errors and StatisticsDownload

Students consider types of errors and examine basic concepts in statistics in this activity.

Rebecca Hunter, The Citadel (rhunter1@citadel.edu)

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