Physics A-Level
Scale selection
What Scale selection means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Scale selection
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Reference: OCR
The scale should be chosen so that the data points occupy at least half of the axis length, making the graph easy to read and interpret.
Topics that use Scale selection
- Analysis (OCR A-Level)
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