Biology A-Level
Reliability of primary data
What Reliability of primary data means in Biology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Reliability of primary data
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Producing primary data in a controlled, repeatable way, taking repeat readings and recording them all rather than discarding any.
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