What is the degree to which a measurement approaches a standard value?

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What is the degree to which a measurement approaches a standard value?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-23T04:32:13

I think you are simply looking for the word $accuracy$ $"accuracy"$ ...

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$Accuracy$ $"Accuracy"$ just reflects the closeness of the measured value to the $true value$ $"true value"$ , whatever this is. $Precision$ $"Precision"$ refers to the repeatability of the measurement. An accurate measurement may be imprecise (i.e. irrepeatable), and a precise measurement may be inaccurate (i.e. it may suffer from a systematic error)... This will be explained better in your analytical text...

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