If Making an Internal or External Measurement Using a Vernier

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Multiple Choice

If making an internal or external measurement using a vernier caliper, make sure the caliper is at ____ angles to the surfaces to be measured.

• A) Acute
• B) Right
• C) Obtuse
• D) Any of the above, depending on the situation

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Definitions:

Normally Distributed

Describes a statistical distribution that is symmetric about the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence.

Mean

The average value of a set of numbers, indicating the central point of a data distribution.

Standard Normal

A normal distribution with a mean of zero and a standard deviation of one, used as the basis for z-scores in statistics.

Standard Deviation

A metric that calculates how much a dataset's values spread out or diverge from their average.