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You can make a very precise measurement with a poorly calibrated device.
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∙ 14y agoYes, it can be precise but that doesn't mean it's right.
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How do you explain how results can be precise but not accurate?
Results can be precise to the exact feat done. The results of a lab test are precise to everything that influenced, or interfered with the end result. The results of the same lab test may not be accurate for what is it being tested for.
What does the chronometer mean?
A chronometer is very accurate timepiece. It was critical in being able to navigate on the oceans. The creation of a reliable and accurate chronometer was one of the things that made Britain the ruler of the oceans for a long time.
What does venus do to help Aeneas enter the city without being seen?
In the Aeneid: Book I, Venus conjures a cloud to shroud Aeneas and his friend, Achates, so that they can enter the city of Carthage without being seen.
Can radar detect without internet?
Grandfathered to be online in order to detect. Anything that has to do with being online requires internet. No, radar cannot detect without internet!Radar needs to be online in order to detect. Anything that has to do with being online requires internet. No, radar cannot detect without internet!Radar needs to be online in order to detect. Anything that has to do with being online requires internet. No, radar cannot detect without internet!
What is the the ballon rocket limitations?
The balloon rocket limitation is that it flies without being able to be controlled.
How can a series of measurements be precise without being accurate?
Precision is the number of significant figures, a function of the instrument / procedure used. Accuracy describes measurement error, indicating how closely that the measurement represents the actual value. Errors affect accuracy... like the butcher's thumb on the scale.
Explain how a series of measurements can be precise without being accurate?
yes
Is it possible to be accurate and not precise?
The term "precise" refers to the range of measurement to which a value is calculated. The term "accurate" implies that the measurement value is essentially correct, to within some range of error.However, the terms are often used synonymously, since "precise" has the desired quality of being exact, which in some cases is a separate concept from accuracy.
Distinguish between accuracy and precision of a measurement?
Measurements are precise when they are all very similar (ie, if a temperature was measured as 23.2C, 23.1C, and 23.3C). Measurements are accurate when they are close to a known value (such as 100.01C measured as the boiling point of pure water at 1 atm).
What is precision and accurancy?
Precision is how to keep track of good a measuring device is. Accuracy is how close an answer is to being correct. Something can be precise but not accurate. Something can be accurate but not precise.
If you measure the mass of an object four times and get values that are very close to each other the measurements are said to be?
If you take a measurement multiple times, and get similar values each time, then the data is said to be very precise. If this group of data is very close to the expected value, then the data is said to be accurate. However, a set of data may be precise without being accurate if the measured values are all similar to one another, but not close to the expected value.
The closeness of a measurement to its actual value is a measurement is called?
It's signature figures
What is the exactness of a measurement?
A measurement that can be repeated by an independent person or team of investigators.A measurement that includes the margin of error and resolution of the measuring equipment.
When is a measurment accurate?
Never: A measurement made is always an approximation. We can get very close to being accurate with our measurements, but never fully 100% accurate. This is not the fault of the person measuring, or what tool they are using to measure with, but it is a natural law that we (anyone, even superior aliens to humans) cannot ever fully make an absolutely accurate measurement.
How are accuracy and precision alike?
"Precision" is high when you get the SAME answer every time. Accuracy is high, when you get the CORRECT answer. You can hit a target in the same place everytime which is very HIGH precision; however, if that place is not the "Bulls Eye", your accuracy is lousy.
What is the differnace between precision and accuray?
Precisoin is how consistent you are to hitting a target, for instance if you were shooting free throws, and you always hit the front of the rim that would be precise but NOT accurate. And accuracy is both precision and accuracy. So instead of being precise by hitting the front of the rim, you would make the shot by being accurate.
What does the word estimation mean?
It means to guess at something. An imprecise amount or measurement.
