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by Patti Englert on September 5th, 2005

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According to the Scientific Method, why is the average of three trials in an experiment more accurate than only doing it once?

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  • by Saddened on September 6th, 2005

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    three trails are more accurate because they make human error more evident. just because you through a wadded up paper ball over your shoulder and it goes right in the waste basket doesn't mean that that will be the outcome every time. you can only attribute it to "dumb-luck". but if you were able to do that every time or just three times as you are bringing out, then you can base something on that (whatever you are trying to prove)

    in other words if you say, saw the sun come up in the east once, it would be unscintific (inconclusive) because it might come up in the west tomorrowl, but being that it comes up as it does the same way every day we can then base other things on it because it has or can be proven to be more that just 'dumb-luck'

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