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Accuracy and Precision
Accuracy and Precision
Accuracy
vs.
Precision
Accuracy
Accuracy means how close the
measurements are to the true value.
Depends on the person measuring
Precision
Precision refers to the degree to which
successive measurements agree with
each other.
Depends on the measuring tool
Determined by the number of significant
digits
Accuracy & Precision Accuracy without
Precision
10.45 g/cm3
16.56 g/cm3
15.75 g/cm3
12.35 g/cm3
25.8 m 35.45 cm
25.2 m 32.89 cm
25.6 m 33.48 cm
25.4 m 36.75 cm
Group 3 Group 4
True Value = 63.13 g True Value = 89.49 km
67.45 g 85.44 km
66.85 g 82.56 km
66.98 g 84.49 km
67.23 g 81.45 km