Physics A-Level
Experimental design and control of variables
What Experimental design and control of variables means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Experimental design and control of variables
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Reference: OCR
Procedures must control variables, repeat readings and reduce random and systematic errors.
Topics that use Experimental design and control of variables
- Linear motion (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Acceleration due to gravity
- Braking distance
- Conservation of momentum
- Constant acceleration equations
- Free fall in a uniform gravitational field
- Reaction time
- Sign conventions and units
- Stopping distance
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