Explain how each of the following demonstrates either accuracy or precision.

Accuracy and Precision

Explain how each of the following demonstrates either accuracy or precision.

An oceanographer needs to go out in a boat to collect an important temperature and salinity data logger that is attached to an underwater buoy. How does each of the following situations illustrate the differences between precision and accuracy?

1. The oceanographer checks the weather forecast the night before her trip so she knows what to wear on the boat. The TV forecaster says it will be between 26 and 31 degrees (°) Celsius © at noon the next day. The actual temperature reading the next day on the boat at noon is 28° C.

2.When the oceanographer’s Global Positioning System (GPS) indicates that she is at the location of the underwater buoy, she anchors the boat and jumps in the water to collect the data logger. However, she can’t see the buoy. The other GPS units belonging to her colleagues on the boat also indicate that they are at the correct location. After an extensive search, the oceanographer finds the buoy 50 meters (m) from the boat.

3. While on the way back to shore, the oceanographer throws in a fishing line to see if she can catch anything for dinner. She is lucky enough to catch a mahi-mahi. When she pulls it out of the water, her colleagues estimate the weight of the fish. Their estimates are 16.1 kilograms (kg), 16.8 kg, and 15.9 kg. When they weigh the fish upon returning to shore, the actual weight is 18.2 kg.

4.Is there a way for scientists to determine how accurate their measurements are? Explain your answer
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