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For an instrument, the closeness of a measured value to the true or correct value is defined as its ___________.

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Answer:Accuracy

Explanation:

Accuracy refers to nearness or closeness of measurement of to desired value while precision refers to the closeness of the measurement with respect to each other.

For example in first diagram accuracy is measure as it measures the closeness to the bulls eye

In second diagram precision is more as all the values is quite close to each other.

For an instrument, the closeness of a measured value to the true or correct value-example-1