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Accuracy vs. Precision

I have been doing some searching on the terms we were discussing in class today.  I thought the definitions were not cleared up for everyone but this is what I tried to display on the board.  I found the mathematical definitions on dictionary.com:

accuracy

Mathematics. the degree of correctness of a quantity, expression, etc.Compare precision (def. 5).

precision

Mathematics. the degree to which the correctness of a quantity is expressed.Compare accuracy (def. 3).
I also thought it was interesting that they have comparison links to each other.  I hope this helps!

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