1 Which of the following statements is correct a Standard Er

1. Which of the following statements is correct?

a) Standard Error gives the amount of systematic error present in an average value and Standard Deviation gives the amount of systematic error present in a single trial of an experiment.

b) Standard Error gives the amount of random error present in an average value and Standard Deviation gives the amount of random error present in a single trial of an experiment.

c) Standard Error gives the amount of random error present in an average value and Standard Deviation gives the amount of systematic error present in a single trial of an experiment.

2. A set of measurements of a physical variable is always considered a sample of an infinite population.

TRUE or FALSE

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Solution

b) Standard Error gives the amount of random error present in an average value and Standard Deviation gives the amount of random error present in a single trial of an experiment.

systematic error is an error with non zero mean!

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True because we can take as many observations as we want, as if the population is infinite.