Accuracy is all about hitting the bullseye or how close you are to the correct answer or the accepted standard. On the flip side, precision is about grouping or how consistent your results are, regardless of whether they hit the bullseye.
Simply put: hit the bullseye, and you’re accurate; group your shots, and you’re precise.
You can be:
- **Accurate and precise**: You consistently hit the bullseye.
- **Accurate but not precise**: You hit the bullseye, but your shots are all over the place.
- **Not accurate but precise**: Your shots are grouped tightly together, but not on the bullseye.
- **Neither accurate nor precise**: Your shots are scattered everywhere, and none hit the target.