Accuracy
Leaving Cert Chemistry · Nature of Science
Higher Level
How close a measured value is to the true or accepted value of the quantity. Accuracy is limited by systematic errors, so it is improved by calibrating apparatus and removing bias from the method rather than by simply repeating the measurement.
Ordinary Level
How close a measured value is to the correct or true value.
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