Accuarcy and Precison

Vocab

Accuracy- numerical evaluation of how close the measured val;ue is to the actual or accepted value of the dimension measured

Precision- indicates how to repeatable a measurement is or how exactly one can make a measurement

Bullseye diagram

No Accurate

Yes Precise

Yes Accurate

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Yes accurate

Yes precise

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Conclusion

It's important to have a consistent and uniform way to report measurement because if the measurements are taken differently it is no longer the same experiment and the results will not be comparable