Calculating Reliability, Accuracy & Precision | Chemical Calculations | Chemistry | FuseSchool

Ever wondered what the terms 'reliability', 'accuracy' and 'precision' really meant? On first glance they may appear to be the same, but this video explains what distinguishes them and how we can calculate each of them.

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[ghostofday]

in short
accuracy: how close the measurement is to the true value
Precsision: small difference between many measurements
reliability: repetition results in similar measurement

[nishaligon]

Great explanation. Hit the bullseye ;-)

[BrandonSLockey]

How accurate and reliable is this video?

[adogatemyhomework]

Very professional, but if I were to give some tips, I would say improve the audio a little bit, it was kind of hard to hear.

[PWhiting]

Some of my students have used your videos as well and they love them.
Top work.

[rorygal]

2:17, their accuracy is absolutely garbage