Question

What are random and systematic errors?
Clear definition and examples please.

Answer 1

Random errors are the ones commited by the experimenter's irresponsability or mistakes. For instance, not placing his sight perpendicular to the scale reading. This way, his readings will not be accurate, because the position of reading is not appropriate.

Sytematic error is the set of calibration irregularities, that makes the experimenter get inaccurate readings.
For example, when the neutral state of an analogue clock is not at 0 and say the experimenter wanted to time something, in the endgiving a time of 36s, he will write this value and it will be wrong, because he did not consider to subtract this 36 with the time that the clock shows at its neutral point. The reason why it will be important tomadjust theclock to show 0s at its neutral point.

Answer 2

@Hosles Thanks!

Answer 3

Medal please?

Answer 4

Sure!