precision and accuracy (1 Viewer)

[Majed]

Martin, this is one of the geekiest threads in a while, but I'll praticipate anyway (implyings that i'm not a geek )

For those of you whoe are having trouble (like Martin for example ) , here's an illustration my Chemistry instructor used for the dumber students


Disclaimer: I'm almost at 7000 posts, so it's my goddamn right to be an as$hole to everyone else and there's nothing you can do about it (except maybe ban me, but that's not kewl )


*** Precision & Accuracy for Dummies ***

comprende?!

 

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[Vicky]

you're confusing the shit out of me my friend

 

[Majed]

 

[Martin]

So this is the bottom line then? "In everyday language “precise” and “accurate” mean roughly the same thing"

Admit it Majed, you threw that page together in 5 minutes after seeing this thread didn't you

 

[mikhail]

pre·cise ( P ) Pronunciation Key (pr-ss)
adj.
Clearly expressed or delineated; definite: The victim gave a precise description of the suspect.
Exact, as in performance, execution, or amount; accurate or correct: a precise measurement; a precise instrument.
Strictly distinguished from others; very: at that precise moment.
Distinct and correct in sound or meaning: precise pronunciation; precise prose.
Conforming strictly to rule or proper form: “The setting up of this Maypole was a lamentable spectacle to the precise separatists that lived at New Plymouth” (Thomas Morton).

ac·cu·rate ( P ) Pronunciation Key (kyr-t)
adj.
Conforming exactly to fact; errorless.
Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits from a standard.
Capable of providing a correct reading or measurement: an accurate scale.
Acting or performing with care and precision; meticulous: an accurate proofreader.

Okay - in a nutshell, precise means accurate in some contexts and merely 'detailed' in others. It all depends on context baby! Oh, and like the other john, I'm an engineering student. Physics was a hobby until I realised that relativity was the easiest part of my second year physics course.

 

[Henry]

++ [ originally posted by Majed ] ++
Martin, this is one of the geekiest threads in a while, but I'll praticipate anyway (implyings that i'm not a geek )

For those of you whoe are having trouble (like Martin for example ) , here's an illustration my Chemistry instructor used for the dumber students


Disclaimer: I'm almost at 7000 posts, so it's my goddamn right to be an as$hole to everyone else and there's nothing you can do about it (except maybe ban me, but that's not kewl )


*** Precision & Accuracy for Dummies ***

comprende?!

precisely. nice of you to get the graphics, as I know I wouldn't have bothered!! lol-thats the same analogy my physics book used! (no, I didn't have to look it up! )

 

[Majed]

++ [ originally posted by Alex ] ++


Admit it Majed, you threw that page together in 5 minutes after seeing this thread didn't you

seriously, that's about the same figure my chem instructor used.
the Target didn't look exaclt ythe same. I googled to look for his graph and found this one which is the same.

 

[sallyinzaghi]

I just started learning Physics today.
Now I'm thinking the same thing and I don't understand anything.

Isn't precision something like being particular bout something and accurate is being... ahh... accurate?

What was the question again?

 

[gray]

++ [ originally posted by sallyinzaghi ] ++
accurate is being... ahh... accurate?

No way!

:LOL: j/k dude

 

[mikhail]

++ [ originally posted by sallyinzaghi ] ++
I just started learning Physics today.
Now I'm thinking the same thing and I don't understand anything.

Isn't precision something like being particular bout something and accurate is being... ahh... accurate?

What was the question again?

++ [ originally posted by mikhail ] ++
pre·cise ( P ) Pronunciation Key (pr-ss)
adj.
Clearly expressed or delineated; definite: The victim gave a precise description of the suspect.
Exact, as in performance, execution, or amount; accurate or correct: a precise measurement; a precise instrument.
Strictly distinguished from others; very: at that precise moment.
Distinct and correct in sound or meaning: precise pronunciation; precise prose.
Conforming strictly to rule or proper form: “The setting up of this Maypole was a lamentable spectacle to the precise separatists that lived at New Plymouth” (Thomas Morton).

ac·cu·rate ( P ) Pronunciation Key (kyr-t)
adj.
Conforming exactly to fact; errorless.
Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits from a standard.
Capable of providing a correct reading or measurement: an accurate scale.
Acting or performing with care and precision; meticulous: an accurate proofreader.

Okay - in a nutshell, precise means accurate in some contexts and merely 'detailed' in others. It all depends on context

 

[sallyinzaghi]

So, if I wanna describe something- say Pippo Inzaghi- short hair, brown eyes, goddamn hot, unfortunately wears red and black on weekends, I'm being precise right? So how do I become accurate? I mean, what is accurate in describing Pippo Inzaghi?

 

[Mac]

well not his aim anyways

 

[mikhail]

++ [ originally posted by sallyinzaghi ] ++
So, if I wanna describe something- say Pippo Inzaghi- short hair, brown eyes, goddamn hot, unfortunately wears red and black on weekends, I'm being precise right? So how do I become accurate? I mean, what is accurate in describing Pippo Inzaghi?

All of that - because it's true. If you were to describe him as a 7'2", blond, blue-eyed, muscle-bound, green-skinned Torino goalkeeper, that would be precise too (though I wouldn't normally use it in respect of language), but it wouldn't be accurate.

You could also describe him as an Italian footballer, an it would be accurate, but not precise.

 

[Henry]

good way to put it