2006-10-04 00:43:46 · 6 answers · asked by Nurav t 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Standards & Testing
Accuracy means being on target. Precision means being reliable.
Imagine shooting at a target. If you hit a bulls eye, you are accurate. If you shoot ten times and hit the same spot every time (even if it is two feet to the left of the bulls eye), you are precise.
2006-10-04 00:49:44 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Two different English words --both may be used in the same context, but have different origins from Latin.
Accura-- to home on to a target like hitting a "Bull's Eye", with a single-pointed, unerring aim.
Precision= Latin, meaning to "cut exactly, without any error.". Other words are Decision= to cut and divide,(That is how we must make decisions! Yes/ No, Right/Wrong. )
Incision = to cut into, Excise= to cut out and remove [Excise Duty!], Concise= Brief and compact, circumcise= To cut around!
Does that satisfy your doubt?
2006-10-04 01:02:09 · answer #2 · answered by thegentle Indian 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
accuracy can be defined as the closeness of the instrument output to the true value of the measured quantity.
whereas,precision is the ability of the instrument to reproduce a certain set of readings within a given accuracy........okey dear?! lagta hai engineering student ho.kyo right na?
2006-10-04 01:06:47 · answer #3 · answered by siya r 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
precision means how closely individual measurements agree with each other and accuracy means how the measurements done experimentally agree with the true or correct values.
2006-10-06 21:43:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-10-04 00:54:08 · answer #5 · answered by Krishna 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Precision that can be measured with the help of intruments.
Accuracy: It can be verified with judgment or by senses.
2006-10-04 06:37:52 · answer #6 · answered by Memory Guru 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋