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Variation can have several influences - Online practice 4
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Invented plant comparison: A: variety P, deep pot; B: variety Q, shallow pot. Plants have different measured heights. The intended investigation is the effect of plant variety. Height can span a range; a separate recording scheme puts flower colour into named categories. No claim is made about the actual cause of the height difference.
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- Why does 'A: variety P, deep pot; B: variety Q, shallow pot' not isolate plant variety?
- How could you improve the comparison of plant variety?
- Compare the height measurements with the named flower-colour categories as types of recorded variation.
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