Question

You take thirty measurements in order to find the length of a rod, you calculate the average and obtain the value L0. Supposed that now a different person takes twenty measurements as well of the same rod, then calculates the average and obtains the same L0 as you. Does it mean that both of you obtain a result with the same precision and accuracy

Answer 1

Yes, it means that both of you obtain a result with the same precision and accuracy.

Explanation:

It is provided that two different people took measurements in order to find the length of a rod.

The first person took 30 measurements.

The second person took 20 measurements.

Both the people got the same average length, i.e. L₀.

In statistics, a larger sample leads to an error free result.

So, for the first person the larger sample helped reducing the chance of any sort of error that may be present.

For the second person, the average is same as the first even when their sample size is less than the first.

This may happen because the sample was selected with a certain precision and accuracy.

Thus, both of them obtain a result with the same precision and accuracy.