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    Accuracy refers to how close a measurement is to the true value, while precision refers to the reproducibility of measurements. Measurements can be precise without being accurate. Both accuracy and precision are related to the uncertainty of a measurement, which quantifies how much measured values deviate from the expected value. If measurements are not accurate or precise, the uncertainty will be high. Uncertainty provides a range in which the true value is expected to lie. Percent uncertainty expresses uncertainty as a percentage of the measured value.

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    Accuracy refers to how close a measurement is to the true value, while precision refers to the reproducibility of measurements. Measurements can be precise without being accurate. Both accuracy and precision are related to the uncertainty of a measurement, which quantifies how much measured values deviate from the expected value. If measurements are not accurate or precise, the uncertainty will be high. Uncertainty provides a range in which the true value is expected to lie. Percent uncertainty expresses uncertainty as a percentage of the measured value.

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    Accuracy refers to how close a measurement is to the true value, while precision refers to the reproducibility of measurements. Measurements can be precise without being accurate. Both accuracy and precision are related to the uncertainty of a measurement, which quantifies how much measured values deviate from the expected value. If measurements are not accurate or precise, the uncertainty will be high. Uncertainty provides a range in which the true value is expected to lie. Percent uncertainty expresses uncertainty as a percentage of the measured value.

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    WEEK 9 LECTURES: PHY 1 ACCURACY, PRECISION and UNCERTAINTY in

    MEASUREMENT

    Accuracy of a measured value refers to how close a measurement is to the correct value.
    Accuracy is defined as ‘the degree to which the result of a measurement conforms to the correct value
    or a standard’ and essentially refers to how close a measurement is to its agreed value

    Precision of measured values refers to how close the agreement is between repeated
    measurements. Precision is defined as ‘the quality of being exact’ and refers to how close two or more
    measurements are to each other, regardless of whether those measurements are accurate or not. It is
    possible for precision measurements to not be accurate. The precision of a measuring tool is related
    to the size of its measurement increments. The smaller the measurement increment, the more
    precise the too

    Both accuracy and precision reflect how close a measurement is to an actual value, but they are not the
    same. Accuracy reflects how close a measurement is to a known or accepted value, while precision
    reflects how reproducible measurements are, even if they are far from the accepted value.
    Measurements that are both precise and accurate are repeatable and very close to true values.

    EXAMPLE OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ACCURACY AND PERCISION

    The degree of accuracy and precision of a measuring system are related to the uncertainty in the
    measurements. Uncertainty is a quantitative measure of how much your measured values deviate from
    a standard or expected value. If your measurements are not very accurate or precise, then the
    uncertainty of your values will be very high. In more general terms, uncertainty can be thought of as a
    disclaimer for your measured values.

    The uncertainty in a measurement is an estimate of the amount by which the measurement


    result may differ from this value. Uncertainty as used here means the range of possible values
    within which the true value of the measurement lies. This definition changes the usage of some other
    commonly used terms. For example, the term accuracy is often used to mean the difference between a
    measured result and the actual or true value
    The degree of accuracy and precision of a measuring system are related to the uncertainty in the
    measurements. Uncertainty is a quantitative measure of how much your measured values deviate from
    a standard or expected value. If your measurements are not very accurate or precise, then the
    uncertainty of your values will be very high. In more general terms, uncertainty can be thought of as a
    disclaimer for your measured values

    Percent Uncertainty

    One method of expressing uncertainty is as a percent of the measured value. If a measurement A


    is expressed with uncertainty, δA, the percent uncertainty (%unc) is defined to be

    δA
    Formula: %unc= x 100 %
    A

    EXAMPLE Situation: First, observe that the expected value of the bag’s weight, A, is 5 lb. The uncertainty
    in this value, δA, is 0.4 lb. We can use the following equation to determine the percent uncertainty of
    the weight:

    δA
    = %unc= x 100 %
    A
    0.4 lb
    =%unc= x 100 %
    5 lb
    = %unc = 8%

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