accuracy and precision

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

• Student A

• Student B

• Student C

• Cannot be determined

How close a measurement is to the accepted value is called (a)   .

This bullseye demonstrates...

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

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

This bullseye demonstrates...

• High Accuracy & High Precision

• High Accuracy & Low Precision

• Low Accuracy & High Precision

• Low Accuracy & Low Precision

Which is the more precise measurement?

• 4 mL

• 4.3 mL

• 4.30 mL

• 4.300 mL

Describe the accuracy and precision of the image

• Very accurate and somewhat precise

• Very accurate but not precise at all

• Not accurate at all but very precise

• not accurate and not very precise

A set of data are all close in value to each other, but they are not close to the actual value. This set of data can be described as _________________.

• precise

• accurate

Independent variable is/are

• The 1 variable that is changed.

• What is being measured.

• Variables that are kept the same.

• The two or more variables that are changed.

Dependent variable is/are

• The 1 variable that is changed.

• The variable that is measured.

• The variable that is kept the same.

• The two or more variables that are changed