Precision Accuracy

• reproducibility

• check by repeating measurements

• poor precision results from poor technique.

• correctness

• check by using a different method

• poor accuracy results from procedural or equipment flaws.

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Hubble Space Telescope:

requested accuracy: 0.006 nm

delivered precision: 0.006 nm

accuracy: 0.06 nm