Biology A-Level
Anomalies versus random variation
What Anomalies versus random variation means in Biology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Anomalies versus random variation
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Small scatter is expected, whereas a single value far outside the pattern is not.
Topics that use Anomalies versus random variation
- Evaluation (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Precision versus accuracy
- Uncertainty in apparatus
- Anomaly
- Comparing values with repeats and trends
- Excluding anomalous values from means
- Margin of error
- Percentage error calculation
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