What is difference between relative errors and absolute errors?
Asked by Prachi Panwar | 11th Apr, 2013, 03:33: PM
Expert Answer:
absolute errors
The difference between the measured or inferred value of a quantity
and its actual value
, given by
Relative Error:
Relative error gives an indication of how good a measurement is relative to the
size of the thing being measured.

absolute errors
The difference between the measured or inferred value of a quantity and its actual value
, given by

Relative Error:
Relative error gives an indication of how good a measurement is relative to the
Answered by | 12th Apr, 2013, 10:53: AM
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