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The document discusses potential sources of error that can occur when gathering soil samples for laboratory investigation, including sampling errors, selection errors, and measurement errors.

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Sources of Error

The document discusses potential sources of error that can occur when gathering soil samples for laboratory investigation, including sampling errors, selection errors, and measurement errors.

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8/15/2019 7.

Sources of Error

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7. Sources of Error
In the process of gathering soil samples for use in laboratory investigation, errors can occur at several
stages:

sampling errors

selection errors

measurement errors

Sampling errors. Sampling errors cannot be eliminated entirely. Since sampling means to take a part,
errors can be reduced by careful selection.

Selection errors. Selection errors can occur when a sampler, eager to do a good job, over-samples the
borders of a field. Sampling in rocky areas can also cause error. The errors often cancel each other.
Otherwise the sampler may employ the two-step procedure of the simple random sampling which is
designed to eliminate selection errors.

Measurement errors. These types of errors arise in various circumstances:

When the measurement taken is not the true value of the unit. One example is the random error. A
random error takes place when cores of soil are mistakenly assigned constant weights, even though
they are variable.

As a result of variations in analytical techniques. Fortunately, random errors of measurement tend to


cancel each other as the sample size becomes larger.

Bias errors arise either because tare weights are ignored or because of an offset calibration of the
appropriate curve.

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