Geography A-Level
Range
What Range means in Geography A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Range
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Reference: AQA
The maximum value minus the minimum value, so it is quick but strongly affected by extreme values.
Topics that use Range
- Statistical skills (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Chi-square test
- Hypothesis testing
- Inter-quartile range
- Median
- Spearman’s rank correlation
- Standard deviation
- Statistical significance
- Mean
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