Psychology GCSE
Histograms for continuous data
What Histograms for continuous data means in Psychology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Histograms for continuous data
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A display for continuous data grouped into class intervals, so adjacent bars touch and the width of each interval matters.
Topics that use Histograms for continuous data
- Data handling (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Arithmetic mean and significant figures
- Calculating from raw scores
- Choosing appropriate displays
- Decimal and standard form notation
- Frequency tables and tallies
- Measures of central tendency
- Primary data
- Proportions within standard deviations
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