Precision and accuracy
In this activity, students analyse sets of data and decide whether the measurements are precise and/or accurate.
By the end of this activity, students should be able to:
define the terms ‘precision’ and ‘accuracy
use the terms ‘precision’ and ‘accuracy’ in a scientific setting
analyse a measurement dataset and judge its precision and accuracy.
Download the Word file (see link below) for:
introduction/background notes
what you need
what to do
student worksheet.
Related content
The article Expressing quantities describes how unit symbols and names should be written and used and how the values of quantities should be expressed.
The system that is used in the scientific community is called Système International d’Unités, abbreviated to SI – find out more about SI base units and SI derived units.
