Accuracy refers to how close a measurement is to the accepted value, while precision refers to how close repeated measurements are to each other. Three students collected density data for sucrose and recorded their measurements over three trials. Student A's measurements were the least accurate but most precise, while Student C's measurements were the most accurate but least precise based on how close their average densities were to the accepted value of 1.59 g/cm3 and how close their individual trials were to each other.