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Curriculum content descriptions

select and use equipment to generate and record data with precision to obtain useful sample sizes and replicable data, using digital tools as appropriate (AC9S10I03)

Elaborations
  • ensuring instruments are correctly calibrated before use and planning for recalibration as necessary between uses to improve reliability of results
  • explaining how estimation affects precision and examining the inaccuracy introduced when reading between scale markings
  • identifying how human error can affect replicability and reproducibility
  • deciding how much data is needed to produce valid conclusions
General capabilities
  • Numeracy Numeracy
ScOT terms

Replication (Experiments),  Accuracy and precision,  Data collection,  Instrumentation (Technology)

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