Biology A-Level
Excluding anomalous values from means
What Excluding anomalous values from means means in Biology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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Anomalies are normally excluded from a mean, but you should state why.
Topics that use Excluding anomalous values from means
- Evaluation (OCR A-Level)
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