Download Podcast 1.1 Measurement and Data

Unit One: Compounds,
Mixtures, and Elements
Podcast 1.1 – Scientific
Measurement, Unit Conversions,
Handling Data, and
Communicating Your Results
Measurement
• Every measurement has two parts
– Number
– Scale (unit)
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Metric System uses “Prefix + base unit”
Prefix tells you the power of 10 to multiply by
SI Metric Prefixes
Accepted Units Outside SI
Metric System
Base Units cannot be derived from other
units (capitalization counts – BE CAREFUL!)
– Mass - kilogram (kg)
– Length- meter (m)
– Time - second (s)
– Temperature- Kelvin (K)
– Electric current- ampere (amp, A)
– Amount of substance- mole (mol)
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Dimensional Analysis
Using Units to Solve Problems
Use conversion factors to change the units
Conversion factors = 1
1 foot = 12 inches (equivalence statement)
12 in = 1 = 1 ft.
1 ft.
12 in
You have two conversion factors to choose from
multiply by the one that will give you the
correct units in your answer.
Example1
• 11 yards = 2 rod
• 40 rods = 1 furlong
• 8 furlongs = 1 mile
The Kentucky Derby race is 1.25 miles. How
long is the race in rods, furlongs, meters, and
kilometers?
Example 2
• 11 yards = 2 rod
• 40 rods = 1 furlong
• 8 furlongs = 1 mile
A marathon race is 26 miles, 385 yards. What is
this distance in rods, furlongs, meters, and
kilometers?
Example 3
• Warp 1.71 = 5.00 times the speed of light
• speed of light = 3.00 x 108 m/s
• 1 knot = 2000 yd/h exactly
Science fiction often uses nautical analogies to
describe space travel. If the starship U.S.S.
Enterprise is traveling at warp factor 1.71, what
is its speed in knots?
Mass and Weight
• Mass is measure of resistance to change in
motion
• Weight is force of gravity acting on an object.
• Sometimes used interchangeably
• Mass can’t change without altering the
amount of matter
• Weight depends on the strength of the
gravitational field
Density
• Ratio of mass to volume
• D = m/V
• An intrinsic property – depends on what the
material is, not how much of it is there
• Useful for identifying a compound or to
convert mass to volume or vice-versa
• Sample Problem: An empty container weighs
121.3 g. Filled with carbon tetrachloride
(density 1.53 g/cm3 ) the container weighs
283.2 g. What is the volume of the container?
Temperature
• A measure of the average kinetic energy NOT
heat (even though they’re related)
• Different temperature scales, all are talking
about the same height of mercury in a
thermometer.
• Derive an equation for converting ºF toºC
(0,32) = (C1,F1)
(100,212) = (C2,F2)
ºF
ºC
Significant Figures
• Meaningful digits in a MEASUREMENT
• Exact numbers are counted, have unlimited
significant figures
• All numbers except zero are significant.
• Some zeros are, some aren’t…
Which Zeroes Count?
• In between other sig figs
• NOT before the first number
• After the last number counts if and only if…
– it is after the decimal point
– the decimal point is written in
– 3200
2 sig figs
– 3200.
4 sig figs
– 320.0
4 sig figs
Doing The Math
• Multiplication and division: same number of
sig figs in answer as the LEAST in the problem
• Addition and subtraction: same number of
decimal places in answer as LEAST in
problem.
1. 2.00 x 3.0 x 0.020
2. 1.040 ÷ 0.604
3. 10.01 + 4.70 + 0.3
4. 9.663 – 0.15
Uncertainty
• Basis for significant figures
• All measurements are uncertain to some
degree
• Precision- how repeatable
– Reported as standard
deviation
• Accuracy- how close to
true (or accepted) value
– Reported as mean
Error
• Random error - equal chance of being too
high or too low
– addressed by averaging measurements
– expected
• Systematic error- same direction each time
– Want to avoid this
– Fix mistakes! Mistakes are NOT errors.
• Can’t have accuracy without precision!
Handling Your Data
•TI -83 or TI 84: Push STAT,
Edit to enter data into a list,
usually L1
•TI Nspire: go to Lists and
Spreadsheets to enter data in
a column
Using 1-Var Stats
TI 83 or TI 84: Click on STAT
again, choose CALC, then 1Var Stat. Tell the calculator
which list to evaluate (“2nd
1” is L1,” 2nd 2” is L2, and
so on) and hit ENTER.
TI Nspire: Press Menu , #4
Statistics, #1 Stat
Calculations, and choose
#1 One-Variable Statistics.
What is all this?
• Standard deviation of a
sample, Sx, is used when
there are fewer than 10
replicate observations
• Standard deviation of a
population, σx, is used
when there are greater
than 10 replicate
observations
The Empirical Rule
• To evaluate your precision, use standard
deviation
• 68% of data lies within 1 sd of your mean
• 95% of data lies within 2sd of your mean
• 99.7% of data lies within 3 sd of your mean
• Check for outliers by applying the 95% rule
– Mean + 2(Sx) gives your highest acceptable value
– Mean – 2(Sx) gives your lowest acceptable value
– All values outside of this range are considered outliers
and should be discarded.
Where does Data Analysis Fit In?
• In your lab notebook, use the right-hand page to
write your lab report and record data. Use the
left-hand page to show calculations, graphs, and
statistical analysis.
What Else Goes in the Lab Notebook?
• Purpose: Brief Statement of Learning Goals
• Variables: Identify important factors that
influence the outcome of the experiment
• Question: Derived from Variables; “How does IV
affect DV?”
• Hypothesis: Answer/Prediction to question based
on theory; “If IV then DV because Theory”
• Materials: describe quality and quantity (not
“acid”, but 100 mL of 6M hydrochloric acid)
Lab Notebook, cont.
• Procedure: Summarize (do NOT recopy) in one or two
paragraphs. Assume reader is knowledgable.
• Data: Tables organize numerical data, observations are
thorough and descriptive
• Analysis: This will include statistics AND calculations
described in lab handout
• Conclusion: minimum 3 paragraphs, be sure to include
average of DV +/- std dev. AND percent error
• Discussion: Connect to theory and to real world
applications (not applications in class or science lab).
• More than just following a given format… It’s a written
record of your work, your insights, and your thoughts
Descriptive
Title
Date
Pages are
Numbered
Mistakes crossed through
WITH explanation
Homework: explore more of Linus Pauling’s research journals at
http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/specialcollections/rnb/highlights.html
Write a reflective paragraph to describe how you can incorporate what
you see in Pauling’s work into your own lab reports.
More on the Scientific Method
• After many cycles of experimentation, a
broad, generalized explanation is developed
for why things behave the way they do
• This Explanation is called a Theory
• Regular patterns of observations of how
things behave in different systems emerges
• A Summary of this pattern is called a Law
• Laws are summaries of observations. They
tell WHAT happens, not WHY it happens.
Scientific Method
• Theories have predictive value.
• The true test of a theory is if it can predict
new behaviors.
• If the prediction is wrong, the theory must be
modified or discarded.
• Theory– answers “why”
• Law – answers “how”