Psychology A-Level
raw frequency data
What raw frequency data means in Psychology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of raw frequency data
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Reference: AQA
Keep the raw counts alongside the converted figures, because an inferential test on nominal data works from the frequencies themselves and never from the percentages.
Topics that use raw frequency data
- Arithmetic and numerical computation (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- behavioural categories and tallies
- decimal conversion
- Estimating results
- percentage calculation
- pie chart construction
- range
- ratio and fraction forms
- Spread of scores
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