Task 3 1. Why it important to work accurately and what is are the consequences of submitting inaccurate results? It is important to submit accurate results as the results that are submitted could potentially be used in a legal scrutiny case in court to help prosecute the offending company. The reason why the quality of the results must be so accurate is because if case goes to court the accused company will want to challenge the work you have carried out or your method or your results, they will employ a solicitor to help them win the case. The solicitor will look very carefully and critically at the results, your work and your method. This is to make sure that the results are to the highest accuracy, if they are not the opposing company has something against the testing lab. If this happens then word may get around that the lab is not completing the jobs they are given to the highest quality and are making mistakes. This could cause the political implications of the lab being funded …show more content…
How was accuracy ensured in the analysis of the complaint sample and whilst carrying out the food tests? Cations and Anions One of the main ways we ensured the accuracy of our practical was by making accurate and detailed observations of the practical. This is extremely important as you cannot carry out an experiment and record the results by just guessing or estimating the results. This could also impact on any calculations massively. Another way in which we ensured the accuracy in out qualitative tests was comparing them with known reference samples to make sure that the observations we were making were the correct ones, we did this by making sure that the same result was observed. We also had to be careful in making sure that our results were not mistaken for other ions which gained similar results. Another way which we ensured the accuracy of out experiments was that we repeated each experiment until we gained at least three consecutive results within so far of each