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It is often more precise, not necessarily more accurate. People often don't distinguish between the two.
by sratner 6y ago
It is often more precise, not necessarily more accurate. People often don't distinguish between the two.
- throwaway744678 6y agoNot a native speaker; I think I understand your point, though I fail to see a distinction between these two words: if the output is a number to the nth decimal, but it is not "accurate" (ie. the numbers are actually wrong), can it still be said to be "precise" ?
- 74ls00 6y agoPrecise means lots of fine-grained information; accurate means close to the truth. If the weather is 20° exactly and one thermometer reads 20.2° and another 20.562° the first can be described as more accurate and the latter as more precise. Hence the expression, “precisely wrong”.
- JorgeGT 6y agoYes, here's the typical example used to explain the difference between the two: https://blog.forecast.it/hs-fs/hubfs/accuracy-precision.jpg https://blog.forecast.it/hs-fs/hubfs/accuracy-precision.jpg In terms of probability density: https://www.allsensors.com/images/engineering/figure-1.png https://www.allsensors.com/images/engineering/figure-1.png