Psychology A-Level
central tendency on a curve
What central tendency on a curve means in Psychology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of central tendency on a curve
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Reference: OCR
On a normal curve the mean, median and mode sit together at the peak, while in a skewed distribution they separate along the tail in the order mode, median, mean.
Topics that use central tendency on a curve
- D.1 – handling data (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- bar charts and histograms
- calculating tests of difference
- checking data quality
- co-variables
- comparing two conditions
- content analysis
- correlation coefficients
- correlational design
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