Accuracy vs. Precision
Accuracy (noun) is a high degree of correctness or exactness in performance or measurement; how close a measurement is to some 'true' value.
2. (adj.) [accurate]
Examples:
1. "There is a great deal of accuracy in the scientific method."
2. "The thermometer wasn't accurate, so I changed the battery in it."
3. "The math teacher didn't care if our test answers were accurate; she wanted us to show our work as well."
Precision (noun) is a high degree of repeatability or reproducibility; how close a series of repeated measurements are to one another.
Examples:
1. "The baker made multiple batches of cookies with such fine precision. Each cookie was the same color and size."
2. "A calculator has an inborn level of precision; you'll get the same answer every time."
*Tip/Hint: accuracy refers to one measurement, and precision refers to more than one.
Let's see both accuracy and precision used together in a sentence:
"The program was calibrated with both accuracy and precision."
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