Psychology GCSE
Descriptive statistics
What Descriptive statistics means in Psychology GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Descriptive statistics
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Psychological data analysis requires calculating and interpreting these, including measures of central tendency, ratios, fractions and percentages.
Topics that use Descriptive statistics
- Data analysis (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Correlational relationships
- Data distributions
- Estimating results
- Measures of central tendency
- Primary data
- Qualitative data
- Quantitative data
- Scatter diagrams
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