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This document provides background information on accuracy and precision in measurement for students. It defines accuracy as how closely a measured value agrees with the correct value, and precision as how closely individual measurements agree with one another. Examples are given to illustrate the difference between accuracy and precision. Students are then given several learning activities to differentiate between accuracy and precision in different measurement scenarios.

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Module 2

This document provides background information on accuracy and precision in measurement for students. It defines accuracy as how closely a measured value agrees with the correct value, and precision as how closely individual measurements agree with one another. Examples are given to illustrate the difference between accuracy and precision. Students are then given several learning activities to differentiate between accuracy and precision in different measurement scenarios.

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GENERAL PHYSICS 1

Name: Grade Level:


Date: Score:

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET 2


PRECISION AND ACCURACY

Background Information for the Learners (BIL)

A reliable measurement will give the same results under the same
conditions. You always have to make sure that you have reliable
measurements. One way to do this is by taking the measurement several
times.
While doing an experiment, you may ask: “Are my measurements
accurate or precise?” You may think that the terms accuracy and
precision mean the same thing, but they do not!
Accuracy refers to how closely a measured value agrees with the
correct value. For example, if in lab you obtain a weight measurement of
3.2 kg for a given substance, but the actual or known weight is 10 kg,
then your measurement is not accurate. In this case, your measurement
is not close to the known value. While Precision refers to how closely
individual measurements agree with one another. For example, if you
weigh a given substance five times, and get 3.2 kg each time, then your
measurement is very precise.
The following figures show the difference between accuracy and
precision.

Figure 1. High Accuracy Figure 2. High Precision Figure 3. Low accuracy and precision

Note: precision is independent of accuracy. You can be very precise but


inaccurate. You can also be accurate but imprecise.

Learning Competency:
Differentiate accuracy from precision (STEM_GP12EU-Ia-2)

Activity 1. ACCURACY AND PRECISION

Directions: Choose the correct answer. Write the letter of your answer
on the blank before the number.

1. You perform an experiment to measure the temperature at which


the water boils. The true value of temperature where water boils
is 67 °C. You set up five containers of water and heat each one.
At the instant the water boils you measured the temperature and
got the following results:
67°C 67°C 67°C 67°C 67°C
a. High precision but low accuracy
b. High precision and high accuracy
c. Low precision and low accuracy
d. High accuracy but low precision
2. If you look at the darts shown in the figure, you’ll agree that
they all hit in more or less the same location on the dart board,
but they did not hit the intended target. What do the values say about
accuracy and precision??

a. High precision but low accuracy


b. High precision and high accuracy
c. Low precision and low accuracy
d. High accuracy but low precision
3. “If a value is precise, it is absolutely accurate”.
a. false
b. maybe
c. somehow
d. true
4. During a single round, the darts went flying all over the place.
They look like they’ve been scattered randomly. What do the
values convey?
a. High precision but low accuracy
b. High precision and high accuracy
c. Low precision and low accuracy
d. High accuracy but low precision
5. A block of brass that weighs 500 grams is weighed on a digital
scale. Five students used the scale with the corresponding
readings as stated below. How would you describe the
measurements of Students 1, 4 & 5 with that of the actual weight
of the block?
Student 1 479 grams
Student 2 500 grams
Student 3 501 grams
Student 4 512 grams
Student 5 489 grams

a. Accurate only
b. Precise only
c. Neither precise nor accurate
d. Both precise and accurate

Activity 2. ACCURACY AND PRECISION

1. James was assigned by his teacher to measure the distance


from their classroom to the school gymnasium from Monday to
Friday. He used a meter tape and got the following measurements:
10.11 m, 11.01 m, 9.99 m, 10.01 m, and 10.85 m. The actual
distance from his classroom to the gym is 10.20. Are his
measurements accurate or precise?
2. The true value of the diameter of a cylinder is 5.895 cm. In an
experiment, the diameter was measured and the following data was
gathered:
Diameter of Cylinder
7. 723 cm
3.456 cm
4.893 cm
6.321 cm
Are the measurements accurate? Precise? Why or why not?
Activity 3. HIT THE DOT!

Directions: Look at each target below and decide whether the situation
is accurate, precise, both, or neither: (Note: it is “accepted” that the bull’s
eye is the place everyone aims for.)

1. 2. 3.

Accurate?: Yes / No Accurate?: Yes / No Accurate?: Yes /


No

Precise?: Yes / No Precise?: Yes / No Precise?:


Yes / No
Activity 4. COIN DIAMETER

Two students are asked to measure the diameter of four gold coins.
Student A used a simple plastic ruler while Student B used a precision
measuring tool called a micrometer. A gold coin has an ‘accepted’
diameter of 28.054 mm.

Student A – plastic ruler Student B – micrometer


27.9 mm 28.246 mm
28.0 mm 28.244 mm
27.8 mm 28.246 mm
28.1 mm 28.248 mm

1. Calculate the average value for each set of measurements

Student A – plastic ruler Student B – micrometer

2. Compare the average value for each set with the accepted value:
• Which student’s data is more accurate?
• Which student’s data is more precise?
Activity 5. T-CHART

Directions: Compare and Contrast Accuracy and Precision using T-chart

Accuracy Precision

SUMMARY

• Accuracy-refers to how closely a measured value agrees with the


correct value
• Precision-refers to how closely individual measurements agree with one
another
Reflection:

1. I learned that

2. I enjoyed most on

3. I want to learn more on


References:

Silverio, Angelina A. Exploring Life Through Science: Physics:


Phoenix Publishing House, Inc., 2007.

Sears, Francis W., Zemansky, Mark M., and Young Hugh D.


College Physics, 7th Ed. New Yor: Addison-Wesley
Publishing Company, 1992.

Arevalo, Ryan L. General Physics 1: Diwa Learning


System Inc., 2007. Quexbook Appl General Physics 1

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