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Set up page 25 as follows:Name9/4/15

Class Notes: Accuracy and Precision

EQ: How are measurements determined to be accurate or precise?

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Accuracy

• Measurement of how close a measurement comes to the actual or true value

• Think of accuracy like hitting the bullseye on a target.

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Precision

• Can you reproduce the data • Need more than one measurement• Think of this like hitting the same area of a

target more than once.

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Three targets with three arrows each to shoot.

Can you hit the bull's-eye?

Both accurate and precise

Precise but not accurate

Neither accurate nor precise

How do they compare?

Can you define accuracy vs. precision?

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Accuracy and Precision

• Accurate and Precise

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Accuracy and Precision

• Not Accurate but they are precise

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Accuracy and Precision

• Accurate but Not Precisexxx

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Accuracy and Precision

• Not Accurate and Not Precise

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Precision of Lab Equipment

• Precision refers to the reproducibility of data• The more precise a piece of

equipment, the more likely you are to get the same measurement repeatedly.

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Precision of Lab Equipment

• When you look at a piece of equipment, first look at its graduations (markings) and try to find out what the lines mean.

• The more precise piece of equipment has the

smallest increment change between the markings

• Usually the piece of equipment with the more graduations (lines) is the more precise.

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Precision of Lab Equipment

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30

Increment = 1 mL

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Increment = 0.2 mL

20.2020.00

21.020.0

More Precise

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b)

or

More graduations – your measurements will be more precise

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c)

or

More graduations – your measurements will be more precise

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d)

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More graduations – your measurements will be more precise

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Precision of Lab Equipment ActivityEQ: Can I identify the piece of lab equipment that is more precise?