Psychology A-Level
test selection
What test selection means in Psychology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of test selection
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Reference: OCR
Choosing the test from three features of the study: difference or relationship, independent or repeated design, and level of data.
Topics that use test selection
- Data recording, analysis and presentation (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- critical values
- ethical guidelines
- levels of measurement
- mathematical requirements
- measures of central tendency
- measures of dispersion
- participant and researcher effects
- raw data tables
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