Psychology GCSE
Estimating results
What Estimating results means in Psychology GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Estimating results
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A crucial skill of rounding numbers before computing to check whether your final calculation is reasonable, for example estimating 48 × 11 as 50 × 10 = 500.
Topics that use Estimating results
- Data analysis (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Correlational relationships
- Data distributions
- Descriptive statistics
- Measures of central tendency
- Primary data
- Qualitative data
- Quantitative data
- Scatter diagrams
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