• Question: Do you repeat your test to check your results?

    Asked by 1drawsome to Cathal, Daphne, Darren, Jon, Katherine on 14 Mar 2012.
    • Photo: Daphne Ng

      Daphne Ng answered on 14 Mar 2012:

      Yes it is very important in science to repeat experiments to check the results so that you don’t come to the wrong conclusions. In fact, I repeat my experiments at least 3 times before I am sure of the results.

    • Photo: Katherine Haxton

      Katherine Haxton answered on 14 Mar 2012:

      Yes as much as possible. We usually end up repeating experiments to make materials because we need more to do all the tests. Any experiments where we make a measurement have to be repeated to make sure that no errors have been made (by us or by the instrument).
      Students complain a lot at having to do tests again to be really really sure of their results but as Daphne says, it’s really important for making good conclusions.

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