Psychology A-Level
Calculated value versus critical value
What Calculated value versus critical value means in Psychology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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A statistical test converts the data into a calculated (observed) value, which is then compared with a critical value taken from a table of significance.
Topics that use Calculated value versus critical value
- Inferential testing (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Critical values, N and degrees of freedom
- Experimental design: related and unrelated
- level of measurement
- Level of significance and the 5% convention
- Null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis
- one tailed and two tailed tests
- Parametric assumptions
- Probability and chance
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