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Measurement
Measurement—a way to describe the world with numbers
• Volume• Mass• Length• Time• Temperature
Estimation
• -a rough measurement of the size• Not exact and is based on
previous experience
Precision
• Describes how close measurements are to each other• Example: how close three sets of
data are to each other
Accuracy
• Comparing a measurement to the real, actual, or accepted value.
• Example: how close your clock is to the actual time