Scientists take scientific measurements carefully in order to ensure their reliability and validity. Which of the following is an example of measurement bias in scientific measurement?

a. a scale that reads zero when nothing is on it

b. a stopwatch that stops immediately when the stop button is clicked

c. a balance that always reads. 01 g

d. measuring your height in your bare feet

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Gideon Rowland

18 June, 16:19

Scientists take scientific measurements carefully in order to ensure their reliability and validity. Which of the following is an example of measurement bias in scientific measurement?

a. a scale that reads zero when nothing is on it

b. a stopwatch that stops immediately when the stop button is clicked

c. a balance that always reads. 01 g

d. measuring your height in your bare feet

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Hana · Answer 1

Option C.

In all the other cases the instruments and the procedure does not influence the measurement in a systematic way. In the case of the balance that alway reads 0.01 g the real measured is deviated by this wrong initial measure.