Biology A-Level
Percentage error calculation
What Percentage error calculation means in Biology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Percentage error calculation
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Compares the uncertainty with the measured value: percentage error = (uncertainty ÷ measured value) × 100.
Topics that use Percentage error calculation
- 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
- Margin of error
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