Biology A-Level
Lines and curves of best fit
What Lines and curves of best fit means in Biology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Lines and curves of best fit
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Reference: OCR
An appropriate line or curve of best fit shows the trend, recognising scatter, rather than joining every plotted point dot-to-dot.
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