Clock Precision Comparison
Analyzing time measurement accuracy and consistency
Interactive Simulation
Standard Clock
12:00:00
Clock 1
12:00:05
Clock 2
10:15:06
| Day | Standard Time | Clock 1 | Clock 2 | Clock 1 Error | Clock 2 Error |
|---|
Analysis
Clock 1:
- Average error: ~1 minute 10 seconds
- Range of variation: 162 seconds (2 minutes 42 seconds)
- Consistency: Poor - shows significant random variation
Clock 2:
- Average error: ~1 hour 45 minutes (constant offset)
- Range of variation: 31 seconds
- Consistency: Excellent - shows minimal variation
Conclusion
For precision time interval measurements, Clock 2 is preferred because:
- It has much smaller variation (31s vs 162s)
- The large constant offset can be easily corrected
- Consistency is more important than absolute accuracy for interval measurements
- Shows stable performance over time
In scientific measurements, consistency and stability are often more valuable than absolute accuracy when the systematic error can be calibrated out.
