Measurement Questions

Making Measurements

• Introduction
• Quantifying the Uncertainty
• How many Decimal Places?
• How does an uncertainty in a measurement affect the FINAL result?
• Measuring Small Distances : The Vernier Scale

Graphs

• Introduction
• Straight Line Graphs
• The "Best-Fit" Line
• To Measure the Slope of a Graph
• Error Bars
• Measuring the slope at a Point on a Curved Graph

Digital Measuring Instruments

• Introduction
• Quantisation error
• Sampling Frequency (or Sampling Rate)

Experimental Reports

• Writing an Experimental Report

© David Hoult 2008