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Monthly Archives: September 2022

Accuracy and Precision

Posted on September 27, 2022 by Dr. Alexis C. Thompson

Two commonly discussed measures of observational error are accuracy and precision. Accuracy refers to how close measurements are to the true or accepted value whereas precision refers to how close measurements are to each other. The two terms tend to … Continue reading →

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