Q:Answer the following question given this paragraph: In everyday speech, the terms accuracy and precision are frequently used interchangeably. However, their scientific meanings are quite different. Accuracy is a measure of how close a measurement is to the correct or accepted value of the quantity being measured. Precision is a measure of how close a series of measurements are to one another. Precise measurements are highly reproducible, even if the measurements are not near the correct value. Q: In contrast to precision, this term means how close a measurement is to the correct or accepted value of the quantity being measured? Choices: - diversity - frequency - deviant - accuracy A:
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accuracy