Set-2 Answers

My position about distinguish between Precision & Accuracy of Set-1

Some friends have communicated to me that my answer in Distinguish 1^st about precision & accuracy is the exact reverse of the text book definition in metrology. I stand corrected for the sake of academic discipline.

However I must explain my position as I thought it out.

Adjective ‘Precise’ is used for putting things in a crisp way that is in smallest possible number of words. Précis was an exercise to express a paragraph in 1/3 of its original size. On the other hand when we say “your report is inaccurate” we are saying that the report is going wrong in some respect or to some extent. Missing the mark is inaccuracy. If you take a big ‘bull’s eye’ & hit it from point blank range you will hit it almost in every attempt. This is how when precision is low accuracy is high. In this way I did arrive at my answer. Precision = small margin for error & Accuracy = Less occurrence of error

Now let us turn to answers for Distinguish Set-2

1)    Error & Mistake:

      Error is unavoidable & mistake is avoidable

2)    Space & Void

Space can be occupied as well as unoccupied Void is at least unoccupied by mass.

3)    Tendency & Attitude

Tendency is rough prediction of what would happen in case of some item

Attitude is voluntarily adopted stance by a doer about how he/she should respond

4)    Unbiased & Neutral

One who has preferences, values or even partisanship; but one does not let these affect his observation is Un-biased

Neutral is indifferent to whatever may come out as a result

   5) Structure & System

Structure is articulation of a composite in terms of its components

System is a completing flow of inputs & outputs which perpetuates (with losses)

    

6)    Example & Exemplar

Example is a case that is properly subsumed under an established concept

Exemplar is a case which expresses the very essence of the concept.

7)    Dependant Variable & Independent Variable

The variable on which we want to establish control is treated as dependant variable

The variable on which we already have control or which is already regular (say time) is treated as independent variable

8)    Ambiguous & Vague

A term which does not have a singular & stable meaning is ambiguous

Say democratic

A term which has a definite meaning but the line that demarcates its occurrence can not be fixed, Say ‘Bald’

9)    Feasibility & plausibility

A sequence of events or a situation is said to be plausible if it is consistent with the assumptions and/or rules taken to be true in a fiction.

A project that can be executed with given constraints of reality is said to be feasible   

10)    Secret & Mystery

The enigma created due to lack of explanation, imposed by hiding of, information about some knowable (suspected to be known) is Secret.

The enigmatic surprise which remains even after full explanation is available is called as a Mystery.