systematic error

American  

noun

Statistics.

1. a persistent error that cannot be attributed to chance.

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Etymology

Origin of systematic error

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Human fallibility aside, Schlenoff and Schwartz mention several sources of scientific error, but they do not mention the potential for systematic error deriving from scientific methodology itself.

From Scientific American • Dec. 27, 2020

However, there is a larger overall systematic error that scales all measurements by the same amount.

From Nature • May 24, 2016

However, another survey researcher, Julien Guy of University Pierre and Marie Curie in Paris, says the team may have underestimated their systematic error by ignoring an extra source of uncertainty from supernova light-curve models.

From Scientific American • Oct. 22, 2013

It would therefore be naive to believe that systematic error is a problem for biomedicine alone.

From Nature • May 9, 2012

That the present system of open certification tends to prevent candid statements of the causes of death, and thus introduces a systematic error into death statistics.

From Venereal Diseases in New Zealand (1922) Report of the Special Committee of the Board of Health appointed by the Hon. Minister of Health by New Zealand. Committee of the Board of Health