{"id":977,"date":"2014-09-22T20:45:49","date_gmt":"2014-09-22T19:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/adc\/?p=977"},"modified":"2015-05-19T21:24:57","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T20:24:57","slug":"statsminiblog-spot-on-time-and-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/adc\/2014\/09\/22\/statsminiblog-spot-on-time-and-again\/","title":{"rendered":"StatsMiniBlog: Spot on, time and again."},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Spot on!” is a rather anachronistic and very Anglophile phrase, redolent of croquet lawns, tweeds and well designed woven straw hats. It’s no wonder we tend to use \u00a0– if we are being technical – the word “accurate” instead.<\/p>\n

But should we be using the word “precise” to make ourselves sound all academic? And what’s the difference?<\/p>\n

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Accuracy – the closeness a thing to it’s target<\/p>\n

Precision – how close\u00a0repeated attempts are to each other<\/p>\n

Now those two things do not have to be connected – you may be accurate and imprecise, or inaccurate but very precise, or .. Oh forget it.<\/p>\n

Let me just show you a picture …
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– Archi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Spot on!” is a rather anachronistic and very Anglophile phrase, redolent of croquet lawns, tweeds and well designed woven straw hats. It’s no wonder we tend to use \u00a0– if we are being technical – the word “accurate” instead. But should we be using the word “precise” to make ourselves sound all academic? And what’s […]<\/p>\n

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