Psychology GCSE
Calculating from raw scores
What Calculating from raw scores means in Psychology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Calculating from raw scores
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Adding all scores and dividing by how many there are for the mean, or putting scores in order and taking the middle value for the median.
Topics that use Calculating from raw scores
- Data handling (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Arithmetic mean and significant figures
- Choosing appropriate displays
- Decimal and standard form notation
- Frequency tables and tallies
- Histograms for continuous data
- Measures of central tendency
- Primary data
- Proportions within standard deviations
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