QCE Physics IA1 data test technique quiz

5 percent

10 percent

20 percent

50 percent

A take-home essay

A 60-90 minute school-supervised response to previously unseen Unit 3 data sets

An oral presentation

A poster

Just the claim

A specific claim, quantitative evidence from the data, and reasoning that connects evidence to the claim using physics principles

Random calculations

An apology if the data is unclear

Is irrelevant

Has physical meaning tied to a known constant or relationship (e.g. g, k, R)

Should always be 1

Cannot be calculated

Always discarded

Identified, flagged, and only discarded with explicit physics justification; otherwise included with comment

Treated as the most important point

Ignored without comment

(experimental + accepted) / accepted * 100

(experimental - accepted) / accepted * 100

experimental * accepted

experimental - accepted (no percentage)

Confirms 9.81 m/s^2 exactly

Is inconsistent with the accepted value within stated uncertainty, suggesting systematic error

Is impossible

Has no meaning

Quantum mechanics only

Projectile motion, circular motion, gravitational/electric/magnetic fields, electromagnetic induction

Thermodynamics only

Particle physics only

Writing too much

Stating a claim without quantitative support OR doing calculation without referencing back to the question

Using the correct equation

Stating units

I will analyse this.

Claim: (specific quantitative claim). Evidence: (data point or trend with values). Reasoning: (physics principle linking evidence to claim, with named equation if applicable).

Data is important.

Physics is everywhere.