In an experiment, A was changed and B was measured. What is the relationship between A and B?
Proportional
Directly proportional
Negative correlation
In an experiment, A was changed and B was measured. The students did not measure any data when A was set to 2. Based on the numbers in the table, what is the likely missing value when A is 2?
9
12
16
No correlation
In an experiment to measure the speed of sound over a long field, a student records four time intervals between seeing a stick being hit and receiving the sound. One reading is anomalous. The student needs to calculate the mean of the data in the most accurate way. How should they go about this?
0.73, 0.69, 0.42, 0.71
Leave the anomalous reading in and divide the total by three
Add up the readings and divide by four
Remove the anomalous reading, add the remaining readings and divide the total by three
Five groups of students have been measuring the time taken for a rubber bung to be spun round ten times when there is a weight on the other end.
They made the following table of results.
Which group has made a mistake in their measuring?
Group 1
Group 3
Group 5
Repeatable results...
are reproducible
are similar when repeated
are similar to results taken by other groups following the same method
What is the relationship between the variables A and B?
Inversely proportional
Which of these would not improve accuracy?
Taking a bigger sample size and removing anomalies
Using a bigger range of the independent variable
Using measuring instruments that can read to a greater number of decimal places
In an experiment to measure the stopping distance of a car at different speeds, what is the independent variable?
The mass of the car
The speed of the car
The tread on the tyres
Removing any anomalies, what is the mean time for 10 rotations when a force of 2 N is tested?
9.00
8.42
7.20