Systematic Error
Contents
Key Stage 4
Meaning
A systematic error is when the results wrong by the same amount each time.
About Systematic Errors
- A systematic error can be caused by:
- The incorrect use of a measuring instrument.
- A measuring instrument not being calibrated properly, this is known as a zero error.
- A systematic error can be found when plotting the scatter graph for an experiment where it is known the two variables should be directly proportional but they appear to only in a linear relationship having a y-intercept that is not zero.
References
AQA
- Systematic errors, page 12, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy; Physics, CGP, AQA
- Systematic errors, page 13, GCSE Biology, CGP, AQA
- Systematic errors, page 13, GCSE Chemistry, CGP, AQA
- Systematic errors, page 13, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy; Biology, CGP, AQA
- Systematic errors, page 13, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy; Chemistry, CGP, AQA
- Systematic errors, page 13, GCSE Physics; The Complete 9-1 Course for AQA, CGP, AQA
- Systematic errors, page 267, GCSE Chemistry; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA
- Systematic errors, page 274, GCSE Chemistry, Hodder, AQA
- Systematic errors, page 34, GCSE Physics, Hodder, AQA
- Systematic errors, page 5, GCSE Biology; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA
- Systematic errors, page 5, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA
- Systematic errors, page 5, GCSE Physics; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA
- Systematic errors, page 6, GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA
- Systematic errors, pages 204, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy 2, Hodder, AQA
- Systematic errors, pages 281-282, GCSE Physics; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA
- Systematic errors, pages 76, 289, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy 1, Hodder, AQA
Edexcel
- Systematic errors, page 13, GCSE Biology, CGP, Edexcel
- Systematic errors, page 13, GCSE Chemistry, CGP, Edexcel
- Systematic errors, page 13, GCSE Physics, CGP, Edexcel
- Systematic errors, page 6, GCSE Biology; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel
- Systematic errors, page 6, GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel
OCR
- Systematic errors, page 5, Gateway GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR
- Systematic errors, page 6, Gateway GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR
- Systematic errors, pages 16-17, Gateway GCSE Biology, Oxford, OCR
- Systematic errors, pages 16-17, Gateway GCSE Chemistry, Oxford, OCR
- Systematic errors, pages 16-17, Gateway GCSE Physics, Oxford, OCR