Geography GCSE
Reliability and accuracy
What Reliability and accuracy means in Geography GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Reliability and accuracy
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Reference: AQA
Accuracy concerns equipment precision, such as a flow meter versus a float, while reliability concerns consistency, such as repeating measurements.
Topics that use Reliability and accuracy
- Section B: Fieldwork (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Cartographic methods
- Cartographical presentation
- Continuous data
- Data analysis
- Data evaluation
- Data presentation
- Discrete data
- Fieldwork evaluation
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