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Download full textTakalkar, Pradnya; And Others – 1993
This study compared 4,594 student responses from three different surveys of incoming students at the University of South Florida (USF) with data from Florida's State University System (SUS) admissions files to determine what proportion of error occurs in the survey responses. Specifically, the study investigated the amount of measurement error in…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Applicants, College Bound Students, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedDeacon, Christopher G. – Physics Teacher, 1992
Describes two simple methods of error analysis: (1) combining errors in the measured quantities; and (2) calculating the error or uncertainty in the slope of a straight-line graph. Discusses significance of the error in the comparison of experimental results with some known value. (MDH)
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Goodness of Fit, High Schools, Higher Education
