Precision
Leaving Cert Physics · Nature of Science
Higher Level
How closely repeated readings of the same quantity agree with one another, and how finely an instrument can resolve a measurement. Readings can be tightly grouped and still be wrong, because a systematic error shifts every one of them the same way.
Ordinary Level
How close repeated readings of the same thing are to each other. Readings can be close together and still be wrong.
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