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Experimental Techniques (AS 1)

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How do you plan, carry out and evaluate a valid scientific investigation, and how is this portfolio unit assessed?

AS 1 Experimental Techniques as an internally assessed portfolio: planning a fair investigation, identifying variables and risks, gathering and processing data with appropriate units and uncertainty, presenting results, and evaluating reliability and validity.
A CCEA Life and Health Sciences overview of AS 1 Experimental Techniques, the internally assessed practical portfolio: planning a fair test, controlling variables, managing risk, processing data with uncertainty, and evaluating reliability and validity.
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