並列摘要
”Accuracy” and ”precision” are two fundamental concepts not only for surveying, but also for all measurement related fields. ”Accuracy” is a measure for how close the observations or estimated values to the true value, while ”precision” is the measurement of the agreement among observations. This looked simple concept has quite confusing descriptions in the literatures. In this study, the descriptions of ”accuracy” and ”precision” in some frequently referenced literatures are reviewed. Different interpretations to these descriptions are also explored. The aim of this writing is not to make a final decision to these conflicts, but to facilitate a discussion toward a unified educational content. This article recommends that the term ”accuracy”, when applied to a set of test or measurement results, involves a combination of random components and a common systematic error or bias component.