Question

Is a rule's frequency a reliable factor to determine how effective it is? Why or why not? Provide an example to support your answer.

Answer 1

Solution

Frequency, in general terms, is the number of times a particle will complete full revolution in particularly time. Also it is given by the reciprocal of the time period. But in the given scenario, we will take a rule's frequency as number of times it is held true for given amount of samples.

It should be an effective factor to determine how effective it is because more the frequency will be, more will be the chance of that rule holding true. Let's take a very simple example- we know that Distance is equal to speed divided by time. This is a rule. If we take a sample of both classical and relativistic physics, this law may not be held correctly for relativistic physics. If it has more frequency, it means we will have a refined formula which will be held true for both relativistic and classical physics. If it has lesser frequency, it means the formula will be valid in some cases, and invalid in other. The high frequency formula of this equation might found an application in GPS tracking where the signal speed may be comparable to the speed of light.