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?

Lucy measured the earthworms in millimeters but labeled the measurements as centimeters, so the recorded units do not match what she actually measured. This means the data were recorded incorrectly, not that the measurements themselves are necessarily false or inadequate.

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