Accuracy vs. Precision

By Jaxson

  • Accuracy (noun)

    The state of being accurate; being free from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exactness; correctness

    “The value of testimony depends on its accuracy.”

  • Accuracy (noun)

    Exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; degree of conformity of a measure to a true or standard value.

  • Precision (noun)

    The state of being precise or exact; exactness.

  • Precision (noun)

    The ability of a measurement to be reproduced consistently.

  • Precision (adjective)

    Used for exact or precise measurement.

  • Precision (adjective)

    Made, or characterized by accuracy.

Wiktionary
  • Accuracy (noun)

    the quality or state of being correct or precise

    “we have confidence in the accuracy of the statistics”

  • Accuracy (noun)

    the degree to which the result of a measurement, calculation, or specification conforms to the correct value or a standard

    “accuracies of 50–70 per cent”

    “the accuracy of radiocarbon dating”

  • Precision (noun)

    the quality, condition, or fact of being exact and accurate

    “the deal was planned and executed with military precision”

  • Precision (noun)

    marked by or adapted for accuracy and exactness

    “a precision instrument”

  • Precision (noun)

    refinement in a measurement, calculation, or specification, especially as represented by the number of digits given

    “a technique which examines and identifies each character with the highest level of precision”

    “a precision of six decimal figures”

Oxford Dictionary

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