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difference between accuracy and precision..

Answer / naresh

ACCURACY is the degree of closeness of measured value to the true value

PRECISION getting the same result for same inputs for n number of iterations

an instrument may not be accurate but precise. i.e it may not give the correct value but it will give the same answer when same inputs are processed

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difference between accuracy and precision..

Answer / vijay patel

Accuracy is degree of closeness of measured value to the true value.

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difference between accuracy and precision..

Answer / reddy

Accuracy refers to the closeness of the measured value to the standard value
Precession refers to closeness of the two measurements to each other

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Answer / chiragmodi07@gmail.com

If instrument accuracy is good than it's preciseness is also good, but if preciseness is good than it doesn't means accuracy is also good.

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difference between accuracy and precision..

Answer / uday

Accuracy refers to the closeness of a measured value to a standard or known value.

Precision refers to the closeness of two or more measurements to each other.

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Answer / faiyaz ahmad

Accuracy- is how close measure value to actual value that is called accuracy

Pre-cession-is measure anything indifferent different time that difference is called pre-cession

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