"every number written in scientific notion is significant."-Mrs. Frankenburg
today we talked about the difference between accuracy and precision. accuracy is how close the numbers are to each other. precision is how close to the target number it is.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Accuracy versus precision
Accuracy: refers to the proximity of a measurement to the true value of the quantity.
"every number written in scientific notion is significant."-Mrs. Frankenburg
today we talked about the difference between accuracy and precision. accuracy is how close the numbers are to each other. precision is how close to the target number it is.
"every number written in scientific notion is significant."-Mrs. Frankenburg
today we talked about the difference between accuracy and precision. accuracy is how close the numbers are to each other. precision is how close to the target number it is.
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I was a little unsure of the difference between the two at first. Thanks for the clarification!
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