Accuracy and Precision in the Food Industry

 

Exploration Objective

• Were the bags of chips accurate? Were the bags of chips precise? (Provide evidence from the lab.)
• Do you get what you pay for?  Explain.
• Why did you have to measure to two decimal places?
• Would one decimal place have been better?  Or three decimal places?  (i.e., Would either have impacted the precision or accuracy of your bags of chips?)
• What's the difference between precision and accuracy?

-  No the bag of chips were not accurate nor precise.

BAG #	GROSS WEIGHT	TARE WEIGHT	NET WEIGHT
1	31.85	2.33	29.52
2	30.90	2.24	28.66
3	30.86	2.29	28.57
4	30.43	2.33	28.1

-No because each bag had a different net weight.
-You have to measure to two decimal places to be more precise.
-Accuracy is the difference between the measurements, and precision is how close the measurements are.