Download Graphing & Variables: Identifying Independents, Dependents, Error Types, & Basics - Prof. and more Quizzes Engineering in PDF only on Docsity! Independent vs. Dependent For the following phrase, which is the dependent variable? Measured filling time for various bucket sizes - bucket size - filling time For the following phrase, which is the independent variable? Temperature as a function of Pressure - Temperature - Pressure For the following phrase, which is the independent variable? speed versus fuel rate - speed - fuel rate Which is "the variable that can be controlled by the experimenter" ? - dependent variable - independent variable For the following phrase, which is the dependent variable? The influence of tire pressure on speed of a vehicle - tire pressure - speed Types of Error "Errors that exhibit regular or orderly behavior" are what type of errors? - gross errors - systematic errors - random errors - hysteresis errors Parallax and hysteresis are considered examples of which type of error? - systematic error - random error - gross error Which of the following are mostly likely to be classified as gross errors? You must choose all correct answers to receive credit for this question. - Incorrect data recording - Unsuitable instruments used - Vibration - Temperature Graphing Basics According to the guidelines given in Graphing Basics, which of these examples of axis labels is correctly written? Assume t is the symbol for time and s stands for second. - s, t, Time - Time t, s - Time (t, s) - t, Time, s Which of the following is the abscissa? - y-axis - x-axis Which of the following is the ordinate? - y-axis - x-axis You correctly plot your entire data set on a piece of semilog-y graph paper with one cycle. What does this imply? - Your y-axis data values span only one power of 10. - Your x-axis data values span only one power of 10. - Your y-axis data values span a range of 1 through 10. - Your x-axis data values span a range of 1 through 10. In general, the smallest divisions for the minor graduations on a scale should be selected based on which of the following rules? - 10,15,20 rule - 1,2,3 rule - 1,2,5 rule - 2.25,3.333,7.45 rule Graph Types Which type of graph is "used to show how quantities vary with angle" ? - 3-D surface graph - contour graph - polar graph - bar graph Which type of graph is "commonly used to show percentages or fractions of a whole in financial and business applications" ? - scatter graph - contour graph - pie graph - bar graph Which type of graph "is typically used to show distributions of quantities for purposes of statistical analysis" ? - scatter graph - pie graph - contour graph - bar graph
