Define precision and accuracy. What is considered leading edge? Kerk Motion: Precision and accuracy are the exactness with which something is done in the context of a specified requirement. The ...

If you had to choose between accuracy vs precision, which would to take? Well, if your goal is simply to hit what you’re currently shooting at, you’d take accuracy over precision. Fortunately, it ...

Many laboratory protocols require the serial dilution of reagents or compounds. IC50 assays, commonly used to evaluate drug efficacy, and assay development procedures, as well as standard-curve ...

JACQUES-BÉNIGNE BOSSUET, the 17th century French bishop and pulpit orator, once said “Every error is truth abused.” He was referring to man’s foibles, of ...

Do you ever have to ensure that an exact amount of time passes between two tasks in your microcontroller code? Do you know what’s the difference between precision and accuracy? Today, [Jim Mack] tells ...

Technology has improved the scientific community’s ability to measure in many ways that our ancestors would have trouble believing. From obtaining measurements across galaxies down to the tiniest of ...

Hitting the bull’s-eye time and again is the ultimate goal. Understanding the main sources of position errors and having an arsenal of devices to fight against them is the best defense against sloppy ...