model critique
What model critique means in Mathematics A-Level, as defined for WJEC.
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Reference: WJEC
Identifying a specific violated assumption, such as non-constant probability or dependence, in order to reject an inappropriate probability model.
Explaining why a model is inappropriate, for example because of skewness, strict non-negativity, or clustering.
Topics that use model critique
- Statistical distributions (A2 Unit 4: Applied Mathematics B) (WJEC A-Level)
- Statistical distributions (AS Unit 2: Applied Mathematics A) (WJEC A-Level)
Related terms
- distribution selection
- binomial distribution model
- binomial to Normal approximation
- binomial versus Poisson
- compound events
- continuous uniform distribution
- continuous uniform suitability
- discrete random variable
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