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I learned that random errors cannot be controlled and cannot be eliminated but only be reduced (averaging allows a result that is below the accepted answer to be accounted for by another result that is higher than the accepted result) and so it would cause bad precision. While systematic errors can be controlled and eliminated so the results would be quite precise but still inaccurate.
But when my teacher went through parallax error, she said I'd we continuously change the angle of our eyes from above and below the meniscus, it would be a random error. However, why would this be random? Because even though the results are not precise we are able to eliminate this error by just fixing our head into one position. So I'm not sure why that would be classified under random error. Can someone enlighten me over this?
Thanks so much for the help
But when my teacher went through parallax error, she said I'd we continuously change the angle of our eyes from above and below the meniscus, it would be a random error. However, why would this be random? Because even though the results are not precise we are able to eliminate this error by just fixing our head into one position. So I'm not sure why that would be classified under random error. Can someone enlighten me over this?
Thanks so much for the help