Psychology A-Level
Causation
What Causation means in Psychology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Causation
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Reference: AQA
A correlation cannot demonstrate this on its own, because an untested third variable may be responsible for both co-variables.
Topics that use Causation
- Data handling and analysis (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- anomalous scores
- bar charts
- central tendency
- co-variables
- Coding
- Collection techniques
- Histograms
- interval data
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