Re: resolution vs. precision

[Leigh Palmer <palmer@SFU.CA>]

> I equate accuracy with fidelity to established standards.  If the
> quartz crystal of the stop watch is supposed to oscillate at 10.000 MHz
> but is oscillating at 10.002 MHz, we have an accuracy problem.

With this meaning accuracy cannot be ascribed to measurement of a
unique quantity, like the length of a particular rod. I prefer the
Bevington and Robinson meaning for that term. Your *stopwatch* may
be accurate, but that is a different meaning than the application
of the term to a measurement.

Leigh