Classification of errors and elimination of error

Classification of errors and elimination of error
  1. Gross error
  2. Systematic error
  3. Random errors

Gross errors:
Discourse of error mainly occur by human mistakes in reading the instrument recording and calculating the measurement results. This cause of errors mainly occurs by human mistakes in reading the instrument, recording and calculating the measurement results.
Example: the temperature is 31.5 degree centigrade but human may write 21.5 degree centigrade.

This errors can be avoided by two methods.
*Great care should be taken in reading and recording the data.
*2 to 3 readings should be taken.

Systematic error:
This types of errors can be divided into 3 categories.
(a) Instrumental errors
(b) Environmental errors
(c) Observation errors.

(a) Instrumental errors:
It occurs due to the misuse of errors and loading effect on the instrument.
This errors will also occur due to the calibration of errors.
Towards others we should celebrate the instrument regularly.

(b) Environmental errors:
This errors are caused due to the change in the environmental condition in the area surrounding the instrument. Such as changes in the temperature, humidity, pressure, magnetic field or electrostatic field.
This errors are reduced by sealing the certain components in instrument, which element the effect of humidity, pressure, temperature and magnetic field or electrostatic shield must be provided.

(c) Observation errors:
This errors are produced by the experimentor and it can be controlled by taking two or three readings repeatedly.

Random errors:
This errors were occurr randomly and cause of these errors is unknown.
This errors may occur by certain human error or by getting disturbance in the instrument.

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