Biology A-Level
Margin of error
What Margin of error means in Biology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Margin of error
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Reference: OCR
The range within which the true value is expected to lie.
Topics that use Margin of error
- Evaluation (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Precision versus accuracy
- Uncertainty in apparatus
- Anomalies versus random variation
- Anomaly
- Comparing values with repeats and trends
- Excluding anomalous values from means
- Percentage error calculation
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