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Can you give High accuracy, but low precision?

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give me examples:(( PLEASE.

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  1. Yes of course

    Accuracy : is concerned with something being "correct", or in the suitable range.

    Precision :  is concerned with the tolerance of the reading, or how close the reading is.

    this is an example :

    If you measure a temperature of boiling water at "100.518 degree clasius"

    If thermometer gives 100 C   then this answer is accurate, but not precise because thermometer doesn't measure the decimal places 0.518

    If a thermocouple gives the reading 100.518 then this is both accurate and precise.

    If it gives 95 then it "not accurate" and "not precise"

    if it gives 95.518 then the reading still "not accurate" but it is precise because it measures  uo to the 3 decimal places.

    Read again and you will probably understand.


  2. Precision is how close to a data point you can get. Accuracy is how correct your data point is. For example, your results can come out to be precise because they are all coming out to be the same value ... but inaccurate because those values are incorrect.  

  3. Accuracy is related to the closeness of the measured value to the true value.

    Precision relates to repeatability of the measured values.

    Suppose, you are required to measure the length of a wall which is exactly 10.00 meters long.

    If you make 5 measurements, and you get:

    10.02, 10.01, 9.99, 9.98, 10.00 ... then your measurements are accurate but not precise.

    10.15, 10.15, 10.15, 10.15, 10.15 ... then your measurements are precise but not accurate.

    As you can probably realize, you have to also factor in the concept of "tolerable error" or "tolerance".

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