Read the description of data collected in each of the following examples. Evaluate each situation and
decide which factor best describes the inconsistent data.
Five students in a classroom each counted fruit flies in a flask. Their counts gave the following data 22,
24, 26, 23 and 24. The actual number of fruit flies in the flask was 25.

Dana measured the mass of 20 soil samples for a gardening study. After measuring the first 10, she realized she had forgotten to zero the balance. She did that and then measured the other 10 samples. -

ANSWER-Human error

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aachen aachen · Answer 2 · 2021-10-13T07:12:10+02:00

Data collection refers to the process of collection, measurement, and analyses to get an accurate insight for the experiment or research being conducted.

Five students collected the data from the flask containing the same number of fruit flies.
Each of the five data collected showed a different number even though the actual number was completely different.
The discrepancies in the data indicate towards the inaccuracy of the data collection.
Since, the data has to be collected manually, this discrepancy is a result of human error.

Hence, human error best described the inconsistency in the five data collected by the students.

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