Psychology A-Level
experimental vs correlational data
What experimental vs correlational data means in Psychology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of experimental vs correlational data
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Experimental data is plotted with the independent variable on the horizontal x-axis and the dependent variable on the vertical y-axis, whereas correlational data requires sketching a scatter diagram using two sets of continuous co-variables.
Topics that use experimental vs correlational data
- D.3 – graphs (OCR A-Level)
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