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Accuracy vs. Precision

Accuracy vs. Precision. how close the measurements are to the true value. Accuracy. how close successive measurements are to each other. Precision. Target practice. Describe the accuracy and the precision of the following data.

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Accuracy vs. Precision

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  1. Accuracyvs.Precision

  2. how close the measurements are to the true value. Accuracy

  3. how close successive measurements are to each other Precision

  4. Target practice

  5. Describe the accuracy and the precision of the following data.

  6. 1. Different students in a class were asked to give their estimated volume of a liquid in a beaker. When the teacher poured the liquid into a graduated cylinder, she measured the volume as 208 mL. Which student was most accurate? Sample exercise:

  7. True Value = 1.20 g/cm3 Describe each student’s accuracy & precision.

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