Chemistry A-Level
Percentage error
What Percentage error means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Percentage error
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Reference: OCR
The uncertainty divided by the measured value, multiplied by 100, so a small reading gives a larger percentage error.
Topics that use Percentage error
- Evaluation (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Anomaly
- Apparatus uncertainty
- Concordant
- Direction of error
- Justifying exclusion
- Accuracy
- Limitation
- Precision
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