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Key Stage 3

Meaning

A random error is when the results in an experiment are affected by an uncontrolled control variable.

About Random Errors

Random errors cannot be predicted.
A random error is just as likely to increase a result as decrease a result. This means if a reading is taken repeatedly over several experiments then an average can be used to reduce the effect of the random error.