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Making and using measurements

Using examples of practical investigations you might perform during your biology course, former A-level senior examiner Martin Rowland discusses how to tackle uncertainties when making, and working with, measurements

Figure 1 Provided this balance has been zeroed correctly, you can be confident that its reading of mass of 128.93 g is accurate

The written examinations you will take at the end of your biology course will test your mathematical skills. At least 10% of the overall marks must involve the use of mathematical skills, set in a biological context. Two of these skills are:

■ identifying uncertainties in measurements and using simple techniques to determine uncertainty when data are combined

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