Examples

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Accurate and Precise

  • Indicates a good measurement.
Data
1.001 kg
1.000 kg
0.998 kg
1.003 kg

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Accurate but imprecise

  • It could be human error.
Data
1.173 kg
1.284 kg
0.881 kg
0.917 kg

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Inaccurate but precise

  • It could mean that the instrument has improper calibration.
Data
2.814 kg
2.837 kg
2.822 kg
2.819 kg

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Inaccurate and imprecise

  • uhh.. what the hell happened bro..
Data
0.312 kg
6.398 kg
2.141 kg
0.805 kg

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References

Accuracy vs Precision

(Accuracy vs Precision > Examples)

Date: August 01, 2023

Author: Paul Gerald D. Pare

Emacs 29.1 (Org mode 9.6.6)