Talk:Random error
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Paolo.dL (talk) 18:16, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
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Classifications?
Going by definitions that:
Random errors arise from uncontrollable variables
Systematic errors arise from controllable variables
As per
Random error
, "Random error is caused by unpredictable fluctuations in the readings of a measurement apparatus, or in the experimenter's interpretation of the instrumental reading; these fluctuations may be in part due to interference of the environment with the measurement process."
I argue that most of the experimenter's interpretation can be corrected by experimental design so that only unpredictable fluctuations in the environment/instrument are left to be classified as random error. Further, this means that air pressure changes when weighing, etc. . . are classified as systematic errors because they are controllable within sufficient reason.
Strictly unpredictable and uncontrollable errors should be classified as random errors.
M.lee.wise (talk) 19:04, 17 January 2011 (UTC)