Mathematics A-Level
Limitations and model criticism
What Limitations and model criticism means in Mathematics A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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The binomial is inappropriate if trials are not independent, the number of trials is not fixed or p changes; the Normal is inappropriate for strongly skewed data, outliers or discrete counts.
Topics that use Limitations and model criticism
- Statistical distributions (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Binomial distribution
- continuity correction
- Cumulative probability
- discrete random variable
- discrete uniform distribution
- Mean (μ)
- Model selection and assumptions
- Modelling assumptions
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