How Does Accuracy and Precision | It's Easy! Work?

Accuracy and precision are like when you're trying to throw a ball into a bucket, accuracy is how close your throws are to the bucket, and precision is how close your throws are to each other.

Imagine you're throwing balls at a bucket. Most of them go in the bucket, but they land all over inside it, some near the top, some near the bottom. That means you're accurate, because most of your throws hit the target (the bucket), but you're not precise, because your throws aren't close to each other.

Now imagine all your balls land really close together, like a little pile right next to the bucket. That means you're precise (your throws are close to each other), but you're not accurate, because none of them actually went into the bucket.

You can be both accurate and precise, just like when all your balls go in the bucket and land really close together, that’s a perfect throw!