False precision

False precision (also called overprecision, fake precision, misplaced precision and spurious precision) occurs when numerical data are presented in a manner that implies better precision than is justified; since precision is a limit to accuracy (in the ISO definition of accuracy), this often leads to overconfidence in the accuracy, named precision bias.[1]

Fit approximation
Concepts
Orders of approximation Scale analysis Big O notation Curve fitting False precision Significant figures
Other fundamentals
Approximation Generalization error Taylor polynomial Scientific modelling
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