2696: Precision vs Accuracy - Revision history

Aprilfoolsupdate!: /* Transcript */

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172.71.219.102 at 00:53, 5 February 2025

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Lettherebedarklight: /* Explanation */

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Xurkitree10: /* Transcript */

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42.book.addict: Tables should never be used in transcripts

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Tables should never be used in transcripts

42.book.addict at 21:07, 30 September 2024

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172.70.163.27: /* Explanation */ Better than saying "average of (an apparent range of averages)", and doesn't require further interpreting of maybe different means, modes, medians, geothmetic meandians, etc of a possibly irregular distribution.

2024-05-03T18:04:22Z

‎Explanation: Better than saying "average of (an apparent range of averages)", and doesn't require further interpreting of maybe different means, modes, medians, geothmetic meandians, etc of a possibly irregular distribution.

Psychoticpotato: editing a chart

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editing a chart

Psychoticpotato: adding some info to a section. hope I didn't ruin the formatting lol

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adding some info to a section. hope I didn't ruin the formatting lol

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-This comic parodies the difference between 'accuracy' and 'precision' with a table. {{w|Accuracy and precision}} are common concepts to be encountered in the scientific field and often students have issues with the differences between them. Accuracy concerns whether a statement is true, while precision concerns how detailed it is; it is possible for a statement to be one but not the other. The comic explores this concept by comparing {{w|Barack Obama}}, former President of the United States, with {{w|cat}}s. Confusingly, he measures different statistics of both Barack Obama and cats (sometimes measuring them in terms of cats) leaving the unwary reader even more confused.
+{{w|Accuracy and precision}} are common concepts to be encountered in the scientific field and often students have issues with the differences between them. Accuracy concerns whether a statement is true, while precision concerns how detailed it is; it is possible for a statement to be one but not the other. The comic explores this concept by comparing {{w|Barack Obama}}, former President of the United States, with {{w|cat}}s. Confusingly, he measures different statistics of both Barack Obama and cats (sometimes measuring them in terms of cats) leaving the unwary reader even more confused.
 Being precise is typical of calculations that roll out an excess of significant digits, often in the form of trailing decimals. Precision is lowered by using more rounded figures, or merely being comparative, but largely unaffected by whether the original values used were accurate or even correct. Accuracy is a cumulative function of the accuracy given to the intermediate values used for any calculation, and can be degraded by using figures that are themselves in some way inaccurate or imprecise. One part of confusion between the two is because being too precise usually decreases accuracy.

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 |Barack Obama is much less likely than the average cat to jump in and out of cardboard boxes for fun
-|Barack Obama has never publicly jumped in and out of cardboard boxes for fun,{{Citation needed}} but the possibility exists that he does so in private. Cats, on the other hand, are commonly known for jumping in and out of cardboard boxes for fun.
+|Barack Obama has never publicly jumped in and out of cardboard boxes for fun,{{Citation needed}} but the possibility exists that he does so in private. Cats, on the other hand, [https://www.purina.co.uk/articles/cats/behaviour/common-questions/why-do-cats-like-boxes#:~:text=Cats%20get%20comfort%20and%20security,from%20the%20side%20or%20behind are commonly known for jumping in and out of cardboard boxes for fun.]
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 |Barack Obama weighs as much as 17.082 cats
-|The accuracy would depend on the mass of the cats in question.  Also a human's mass can vary by a few pounds in a small amount of time as meals are consumed, resources are used in metabolism and wastes are eliminated, and thus this may be overly precise due the margin of error in both the mass of cats and the mass of Mr. Obama. In 2016, Obama was [https://www.cnn.com/2016/03/08/politics/obama-medical-exam-loses-weight officially reported] to weigh 175 lb (79.3787 kg). [https://www.google.com/search?q=how+heavy+is+an+average+cat Google claims that an average cat weighs between 8.8 and 11 lbs], so this statement could be considered accurate. If you use the average of the weight range (9.9 lbs) and divide it by Mr. Obama's reported weight, the "number of cats" he weighs comes in at a very close answer (rounded) of 17.07 cats.
+|The accuracy would depend on the mass of the cats in question.  Also a human's mass can vary by a few pounds in a small amount of time as meals are consumed, resources are used in metabolism and wastes are eliminated, and thus this may be overly precise due the margin of error in both the mass of cats and the mass of Mr. Obama. In 2016, Obama was [https://www.cnn.com/2016/03/08/politics/obama-medical-exam-loses-weight officially reported] to weigh 175 lb (79.3787 kg). [https://www.google.com/search?q=how+heavy+is+an+average+cat Google claims that an average cat weighs between 8.8 and 11 lbs], so this statement could be considered accurate. If you use the midpoint of that weight range (9.9 lbs) and divide it by Mr. Obama's reported weight, the "number of cats" he weighs comes in at a very close answer (rounded) of 17.07 cats.
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 |Barack Obama weighs as much as 17.082 cats
 |The accuracy would depend on the mass of the cats in question.  Also a human's mass can vary by a few pounds in a small amount of time as meals are consumed, resources are used in metabolism and wastes are eliminated, and thus this may be overly precise due the margin of error in both the mass of cats and the mass of Mr. Obama. In 2016, Obama was [https://www.cnn.com/2016/03/08/politics/obama-medical-exam-loses-weight officially reported] to weigh 175 lb (79.3787 kg). [https://www.google.com/search?q=how+heavy+is+an+average+cat Google claims that an average cat weighs between 8.8 and 11 lbs], so this statement may be close to accurate.
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	This comic parodies the difference between 'accuracy' and 'precision' with a table. {{w\|Accuracy and precision}} are common concepts to be encountered in the scientific field and often students have issues with the differences between them. Accuracy concerns whether a statement is true, while precision concerns how detailed it is; it is possible for a statement to be one but not the other. The comic explores this concept by comparing {{w\|Barack Obama}}, former President of the United States, with {{w\|cat}}s. Confusingly, he measures different statistics of both Barack Obama and cats (sometimes measuring them in terms of cats) leaving the unwary reader even more confused.		This comic parodies the difference between 'accuracy' and 'precision' with a table. {{w\|Accuracy and precision}} are common concepts to be encountered in the scientific field and often students have issues with the differences between them. Accuracy concerns whether a statement is true, while precision concerns how detailed it is; it is possible for a statement to be one but not the other. The comic explores this concept by comparing {{w\|Barack Obama}}, former President of the United States, with {{w\|cat}}s. Confusingly, he measures different statistics of both Barack Obama and cats (sometimes measuring them in terms of cats) leaving the unwary reader even more confused.