Psychology A-Level
causal inference
What causal inference means in Psychology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of causal inference
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Reference: OCR
A claim that one variable caused another, which cannot be made when the independent variable is a pre-existing characteristic and the researcher allocates nobody.
Topics that use causal inference
- Research methods and techniques (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- behavioural categories
- co-variables
- direction and strength
- inter-rater reliability
- interviewer effects
- manipulation of an independent variable
- open and closed questions
- qualitative and quantitative data
Using causal inference in the exam
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