[SBE] Timekeeping Standard [was RE: UTC Time Standard]

[Cowboy]

On Thursday 26 March 2009 02:06 pm, Dan Mammone wrote:


>  The scale has nothing to do with accuracy or precision. It is an expression

>  of units. The tool being used for measurement is what determines accuracy

>  and precision. These scales are used to express the SAME thing. temperature.

>  Accuracy is how correct the value is and precision is how many significant

>  figures, including decimal placement, are used in the measurement. 


 Actually, precision is the repeatability of the measurement.
 Resolution is how fine the measurement units are divided,
 ie: how many significant figures.

 Just picking nits, but that's another story.


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