Psychology A-Level
reporting a mean with spread
What reporting a mean with spread means in Psychology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of reporting a mean with spread
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Reference: OCR
The range is quoted alongside the mean rather than in place of it, and a wide spread warns that the mean represents nobody in particular.
Topics that use reporting a mean with spread
- D.0 – arithmetic and numerical computation (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- anomalous scores
- decimal conversion
- estimation as a check on calculation
- fractions and ratios
- percentage change
- percentage of a total
- pie chart angles
- standard form notation
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