Accuracy and Precision Practice

It is a measure of how close measurements come to each other when they are made in the same way

• Accuracy
• Precision
• Error
• Extrapolation

This bullseye demonstrates...

• High Accuracy & High Precision
• High Accuracy & Low Precision
• Low Accuracy & High Precision
• Low Accuracy & Low Precision

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• High Accuracy & High Precision
• High Accuracy & Low Precision
• Low Accuracy & High Precision
• Low Accuracy & Low Precision

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Describe the accuracy and precision of the image

• Accurate and Precise
• Accurate and not precise
• Not Accurate and Precise
• not accurate and not precise

This image is an example of...

• precision ONLY
• accuracy ONLY
• BOTH precision and accuracy
• NEITHER precision and accuracy 

A set of data are all close to each other, and they are close to the actual value.  This set of data can be described as...

• accurate
• precise
• both precise and accurate

A company claims to sell 15 candy pieces in each bag. Judy counts her bag and finds 14, Josh finds 16, and Jill finds 15. The company is...

• accurate

• precise

• accurate and precise

• neither accurate nor precise

In a lab, it is best to be...

• accurate

• precise

• accurate and precise

• neither accurate nor precise

A company claims to sell 20 candy pieces in each bag. Judy counts her bag and finds 14, Josh finds 18, and Jill finds 29. The company is...

• accurate

• precise

• accurate and precise

• neither accurate nor precise

• True

• Choose the other answer