Psychology A-Level
Skew
What Skew means in Psychology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Skew
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Reference: AQA
An asymmetrical distribution named after its tail, with positive skew having a long tail to the right and negative skew its mirror image.
Topics that use Skew
- Data handling and analysis (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- anomalous scores
- bar charts
- Causation
- central tendency
- co-variables
- Coding
- Collection techniques
- Histograms
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