Biology GCSE
percentiles
What percentiles means in Biology GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of percentiles
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Reference: OCR
Values that divide an ordered dataset into one hundred equal parts, providing a standard measure of relative position within a biological distribution.
Topics that use percentiles
- Monitoring and maintaining the environment (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- atmospheric gases and water availability
- axis scaling
- biodiversity preservation
- bioindicator species
- ecotourism
- Environmental change
- environmental monitoring
- graph plotting
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