Variation Flashcards
1
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Discontinuous variation…
A
It is where something falls in to a distinctive class or category, for example shoe size, eye colour.
Discontinuous variation leads to counting e.g. number of people with black hair
2
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Variation
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Is differences between individuals of the same species
3
Q
Continuous variation examples
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Height, weight, heart rate etc.
4
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Continuous variation
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It is where it doesn’t fit into a distinctive group and may take any value e.g. heart rate and height.
Continuous variation leads to measuring e.g. length of foot, volume of liquid etc.
5
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Discontinuous variation examples
A
Shoe size, hair colour,
