{"id":814,"date":"2019-10-15T10:47:55","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T17:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c21-wp.phas.ubc.ca\/index.php\/uncertainty-estimates-for-physics-labs"},"modified":"2019-10-22T11:02:34","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T18:02:34","slug":"uncertainty-estimates-for-physics-labs","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/c21.phas.ubc.ca\/article\/uncertainty-estimates-for-physics-labs\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncertainty estimates for physics labs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following three videos illustrate how to estimate uncertainty measurements made during physics experiments, how to propogate those uncertainties through calculations, and shows that some measurements should have a higher priority for reducing uncertainty than others.<\/p>\n<h2>Video 1: Estimate uncertainty in measurements<\/h2>\n<div class=\"responsive-media\"><iframe title=\"Uncertainty estimates for physics labs\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X5Zh-hNeZtI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Video 2: Propagate uncertainty through calculations<\/h2>\n<div class=\"responsive-media\"><iframe title=\"Uncertainty propagation by formula or spreadsheet\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_UAp5n5lVRE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Video 3: Prioritze certain measurements for uncertainty reduction<\/h2>\n<div class=\"responsive-media\"><iframe title=\"Uncertainty: why you should prioritize certain measurements\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RPmpKct2tJ0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":2240,"template":"","tags":[169,170,171],"date_post_made_public":"0000-00-00","post_authored_by":"","hook":"<div class=\"field field-type-text field-field-hook\">\r\n<div class=\"field-items\">\r\n<div class=\"field-item odd\">\r\n\r\nAre you SURE that a measurement is \"right\"? What does \"right\" even mean? Learn more about uncertainty, and what you can do about it.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","big_ideas":"<ul>\r\n \t<li>Estimate uncertainty in measurements<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Propagate uncertainty through calculations<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Prioritize certain measurements for uncertainty reduction<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","thumbnail_for_post":"<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2240\" src=\"https:\/\/c21-wp.phas.ubc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/ruler_thumbnail-300x212.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" \/>","series":false,"number_in_series":"0","supporting_classroom_materials":false,"supporting_experiment":false,"related_articles":false,"related_experiments":false,"related_classroom_materials":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c21.phas.ubc.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/814"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c21.phas.ubc.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c21.phas.ubc.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c21.phas.ubc.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/c21.phas.ubc.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2241,"href":"https:\/\/c21.phas.ubc.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/814\/revisions\/2241"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c21.phas.ubc.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c21.phas.ubc.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c21.phas.ubc.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}