A Lab Technician Was Assigned the Task of Determining the Density

Multiple Choice

A lab technician was assigned the task of determining the density of a sample of blood plasma. The technician performed three replicate measurements of the density of the sample and reported the following results:
0.810 g/mL, 1.375 g/mL, 2.046 g/mL
The actual density of blood plasma is 1.027 g/mL. In evaluating the technician's job performance in terms of accuracy and precision, it can be said that the technician ________.

A) was neither accurate nor precise
B) was both accurate and precise
C) was accurate but not precise
D) was precise but not accurate