NEC-LIST: Accuracy vs precision

Dan
Thanks for your comments and the dictionaries I looked up define 'accuracy'
as 'conforming to a standard or to truth' while 'precision' seems to be more
concerned with the number of decimal places quoted: the New Penguin
Dictionary of Science says that to state that pi is equal to 3.452546 would
be precise but significantly inaccurate. So accuracy is worth having,
precision on its own is not - does that agree accurately with your
remarks?
Alan

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