Psychology GCSE
Confidentiality and privacy
What Confidentiality and privacy means in Psychology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Confidentiality and privacy
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Reference: AQA
Protected by anonymising data, for example using numbers instead of names, and by not observing people where they would not expect it.
Topics that use Confidentiality and privacy
- Research methods (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Allocation of participants to conditions
- Alternative hypothesis
- Bias
- Bias in participant selection
- BPS ethical guidelines for research
- Control of participant variables
- Control of variables
- Counterbalancing
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