precision vs accuracy

Question

High precision but low accuracy implies measurements are:

RankGuru · Accepted Answer

1. **Accuracy**: Measures how close a result is to the 'true' or accepted value.
2. **Precision**: Measures the closeness of multiple readings to each other (consistency).
- A clock that is always exactly 5 minutes fast is **Highly Precise** (consistent) but **Inaccurate** (wrong value).

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precision vs accuracy

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