As I recall, the mathematical definition of accuracy does have some overlap with precision, so increasing precision improves accuracy as well. It’s just a little confusing.
Accuracy and precision; when I used to shoot archery long ago; measure different things, accuracy is a measure of the spread of your shots, precision is a measure of how close to the middle your shots are.
“exact” is a synonym for “very precise,” not “very accurate.”
The percentage of people among the general population who know the difference is about 2.5356%. I’ll allow it.
For the shooters out there, I’m all about accuracy. Sometimes precision for fun, but I just want in the general area for most cases.
clever. (But is that accurate?)
I don’t entirely agree with that image – the first one says low accuracy, low precision – but it’s the best accuracy possible given the low precision.
Good point, should have the cluster size from #3, just offset.
As I recall, the mathematical definition of accuracy does have some overlap with precision, so increasing precision improves accuracy as well. It’s just a little confusing.
What could I use then?
Just say accurate?
Depends on the meaning of “accurate” (e.g. an archer, a research paper, a copy…).
Impeccable; flawless; dead-on; faithful – if I had to choose one, I’d pick “impeccable”
I agree!
Accuracy and precision; when I used to shoot archery long ago; measure different things, accuracy is a measure of the spread of your shots, precision is a measure of how close to the middle your shots are.