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Factors that could lead to error when making measurements

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- Equipment - Like un-calibrated or faulty machine. To minimize the errors, ensure
that the equipment are well calibrated
-Recording - Recording the wrong values. Use of a trained personnel and
counterchecking the recorded values during the exercise can minimize the errors
- Researcher bias - parallax errors. Use of well trained data collection personnel can
minimize this type of errors.
-Client’s factors - anxiety, position - this can be minimized by ensuring that the client
understands the exercise fully and is as comfortable as possible

Titany answered the question on November 4, 2021 at 12:24

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