Discussion
Precision of an instrument describes
Answer: B
Correct answer: how closely repeated readings of the same quantity agree
Precision is about scatter alone and says nothing about correctness. An instrument can be very precise and quite wrong - a systematic offset repeats faithfully in every reading. Precision is what averaging improves; accuracy is what calibration establishes.
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