Question

Lucy is supposed to write down the lengths of 10 earthworms found near the playground at her school. She measures the earthworms’ lengths in millimeters, but she accidentally labels her data in centimeters.

Which best describes this error in data collection?

The data are inadequate.
The data are false.
The data are recorded incorrectly.
The data cannot be reproduced.

Answer 1

The data are recorded incorrectly.

Explanation: The measurements themselves exist, but the unit labels are wrong (mm recorded as cm), so the data were recorded incorrectly rather than being false, inadequate, or irreproducible.