error analysis
What error analysis means in Mathematics A-Level, as defined for AQA, WJEC.
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Reference: WJEC
Analysing error sources in numerical approximations: truncation error from the algorithm and rounding error from finite precision.
Identifying sources of error, such as rounding, truncation, or iteration count, that could make a solution unreliable.
Topics that use error analysis
- OT2: Mathematical problem solving (AQA A-Level)
- Overarching themes - Mathematical problem solving (WJEC A-Level)
Related terms
- contextual interpretation
- Iterative refinement
- Limitations of numerical methods
- accuracy and rounding
- algebraic modelling
- Analytical vs numerical solutions
- change of sign
- Concave up
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