A New Test Is Devised to Measure the Serum Level

A new test is devised to measure the serum level of a specific protein.  A sample of blood is taken from a patient, and the new test is performed 3 times with results of 162, 186, and 247 IU/dL.  Using the traditional reference test (considered the gold standard) , the patient's serum protein level is determined to be 184 IU/dL.  A measurement within 5% of the reference test value is considered accurate.  Based on these results, the new test most likely has which of the following characteristics?

A) High precision; high accuracy
B) High precision; low accuracy
C) Low precision; high accuracy
D) Low precision; low accuracy
E) Precision and accuracy cannot be determined

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