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What is the difference between accuracy and precision?‎

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Answer added by  هشام عبدالله عبدالرحمن, Geomatics Engineer , Sudan Engineering and Digital Information Center (SEDIC)
7 years ago

Accuracy     _ is   correctness of the data. Precision    _  is  the consistency  of the data .

 

Answer added by  Victor Mutoma, GIS Specialist, Population Services International
7 years ago

Accuray : ability of measurement to match the actual value being measured. The closer the measurement to a known value, the more accurate the measurement. Precision : how ... See More

 

Answer added by  Mohamed F I NAJAR NAJAR, Translator - Turkish, Arabic, English, Medical Park Hospital
7 years ago

Acurrey is how much you are close for the true value precision we can consider it as acurrey of repeatability or how much repeated observation close to each others  

 

Answer added by  Abubakar Aminu kabiru
7 years ago

first one need to know that no measurement is accurate we only have the most provable value or the expected value, with this one can say accuracy  is the closeness  of th ... See More

 

Answer added by  Luay Salameh, GIS specialist and main Instructor, GISTEC
7 years ago

Precision is closeness of two or more measurements to each other. Accuracy is the difference between the measurement and the actual true value