Business A-Level
trend description
What trend description means in Business A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of trend description
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Reference: AQA
Describing a trend by direction, rate and turning point rather than walking the marker through every plotted point in turn.
Topics that use trend description
- Annex: quantitative skills in business (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- analysis
- average rate of return
- averages
- axes and scales
- base year
- benchmarking
- break-even charts
- break-even output
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