Psychology A-Level
scatter diagrams
What scatter diagrams means in Psychology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of scatter diagrams
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A sketch plotting two sets of continuous co-variables from the same participants, where each dot represents one participant's scores on both variables.
Topics that use scatter diagrams
- D.3 – graphs (OCR A-Level)
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Using scatter diagrams in the exam
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