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Errors and Measurements: Accuracy vs Precision MCQ

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Accuracy vs PrecisionEasyQuestion 30101

Question

A student repeats a measurement five times and gets values very close to each other, but all are far from the accepted value. Which statement best describes the result?
  1. A
    High precision, low accuracy
    Correct
  2. B
    High accuracy, low precision
  3. C
    High accuracy, high precision
  4. D
    Low precision, low accuracy

Correct answer

High precision, low accuracy

Explanation

Reproducibility of results means high precision. Being far from the true value means low accuracy.

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