anomalous scores
What anomalous scores means in Psychology A-Level, as defined for AQA, OCR.
Definitions of anomalous scores
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Reference: OCR
A single extreme value that distorts the range, because the two extreme scores alone set it.
Extreme scores that easily distort the mean, while the median shrugs them off.
Topics that use anomalous scores
- Data handling and analysis (AQA A-Level)
- D.0 – arithmetic and numerical computation (OCR A-Level)
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- central tendency
- co-variables
- Coding
- Collection techniques
- decimal conversion
- estimation as a check on calculation
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