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Jared Sherman wrote:
> Trevor-
> <That slop will produce a random error in observed altitudes.>
> Bearing in mind, if the user always turned the screw the same way (i.e., past then back, past then back, or opposed to "this way" or "that way") then there should be less slop and the errors would fall to one side of the possible range, rather than spread to both sides of it, no?
I _think_ the answer is no.
Always turning the micrometer the same way reduces this source of random
error but I don't think it would eliminate it.
Whether the remaining errors are all to one side or are symmetrical
around a mean that is itself offset from the mean that you would get by
turning the micrometer both ways may just be a semantic distinction. Or
not if that offset is part of the IE correction.
Trevor Kenchington
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