Discussion
A random error in a measurement
Answer: A
Correct answer: scatters the readings about a mean value
Random errors arise from many small unpredictable influences and are as likely to be positive as negative, so the readings scatter symmetrically about a mean. This is precisely what makes them tractable: averaging converges on the mean, and the spread can be characterised by a standard deviation. A systematic error does neither.
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