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GCSE Chemistry · key term
A person's judgement about the size or importance of a risk, which may differ from the statistical estimate.
Used by OCR
Paper 1 (Foundation), Paper 2 (Foundation), Paper 3 (Higher), Paper 4 (Higher)
Revise: Risk and benefit analysisA perceived risk is a person's judgement of a risk. It can differ from the calculated risk because people do not respond only to statistics.
Do not treat perceived risk as automatically wrong. Contrast a person's judgement with the statistically estimated risk and explain why they may differ.
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