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POST LABORATORY DISCUSSION
Measurement accuracy and precision
Degree of accuracy and precision depends
on apparatus and technique
-often caused by faulty device or by making
the same mistake when reading
Random error: -an error that results in
higher and lower values than the actual
value (inconsistent deviation)

Measurement- metron *Greek -random error always occurs, but its

Meaning limited proportion
In measurement, it is a process of assigning
of a number to an attribute. The result is
also obtained after performing the process
Most of tests involved in
spectrophotometry (commonly used by
medtech) when nanoliter is unit, it is not as
sensitive
Philippines: metric
Accuracy vs precision
Accuracy- how close a measurement is to its
desired or theoretical value (percentage
error, +- 5% only)
magnitude depends on the measurers skill
and the instruments precision.
Not all related to skills is random error and
not all related to machine is systematic
error
Random error always happens that is why
we need to report stdev
More samples, the likelier the distribution
Curve
Analytical specificity- ability sy to detect
target analyte
Ability to calibrate equipment

Recoverability should be 95-98% (related to Isomer: same molec formula diff molec
accuracy) structure

Precision- reproducibility of a set of How to calibrate: optimization

measurements
SI UNITS
(how dispersed is data set, a measure of
repeatability) Physical qty Unit name Unit abv
Mass Kilogram
2 sources of error, systemic and random Length Meter
error Time Second
Temperature Kelvin
Samples in medtek are composite materials Electric
current
The 2 types of error:
Systematic error- produces consistent
deviation from the true value
-part of experimental system
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General principles
Physical or chemical change is always
accompanied by the energy content of
matter

Total energy of the universe is constant

(law of conservation of energy)

If everything is conserved, why is there

scarcity

Dissolution is physical change

Infrared