Biology A-Level
Confounding factors
What Confounding factors means in Biology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Confounding factors
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Variables that must be held constant so they do not distort the result, identified by asking what else could affect the dependent variable besides the independent variable.
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- Planning (OCR A-Level)
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