Question

What is the difference between curacy and precision

A) Accuracy is how far out the measurement is taken while precision is how close miested
value is to its true value
B) Accuracy is how close a measured value is to its true value, While precision is how okre
measured values are to each other
C) Accuracy is how close a measured value is to its true Vokie, Winte precision is how else the
average value is to the true value
D) Accuracy and precision are two different words for the same thing

Answer 1

B) Accuracy is how close a measured value is to its true value, while precision is how close measured values are to each other

Step-by-step explanation:

i. The true value is the actual or correct value of the quantity measured. So that accuracy describes how close a measured value is to the true value.

For example, a pencil of actual length 10 cm is given to 3 students to measure individually.

Assume that each student measures; 9.5 cm, 9.65 cm, 9.95 cm. Then it can be observed that the 9.95 cm measure is accurate compared with the actual value.

ii. Precision describes the closeness of measured values to each other.

For example, a pencil of actual length 10 cm is given to 3 students to measure individually.

Assume that each student measures; 9.5 cm, 9.55 cm, 9.60 cm. Then their measurements are precise, though not accurate.