Two Types of Error May Be Encountered During Chemical Analysis

question 5

Multiple Choice

Two types of error may be encountered during chemical analysis of a substance.The type of error that occurs as a result of contaminated calibrating solutions would be _____ error.

• A) systematic
• B) random
• C) analytical
• D) calibration

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Definitions:

Dispersed Distribution

A statistical term describing a spread where observations are scattered widely around the central value.

Distribution Shape

Describes the arrangement and frequency of data points in a dataset, indicating patterns such as normal, skewed, or uniform distributions.

Coefficient Of Variation

A measure of relative variability calculated as the ratio of the standard deviation to the mean.

Skewness

A measure of the asymmetry of the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable about its mean.