Biology A-Level
Accuracy of dates, pages and authorship
What Accuracy of dates, pages and authorship means in Biology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Accuracy of dates, pages and authorship
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Details such as date, page and author must be accurate rather than approximate, so the citation matches the source actually used.
Topics that use Accuracy of dates, pages and authorship
- Practical skills - Research and referencing (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Complete citation elements for different source types
- Consistency of citation style
- Matching citations to sources actually used
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