Measures of central tendency
What Measures of central tendency means in Psychology GCSE, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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The mean, median and mode, which summarise a set of scores with a single value so a researcher can describe the data quickly.
These include the mean, the median and the mode, which are calculated from psychological data.
Topics that use Measures of central tendency
- Data handling (AQA GCSE)
- Data analysis (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Primary data
- Qualitative data
- Quantitative data
- Secondary data
- Arithmetic mean and significant figures
- Calculating from raw scores
- Choosing appropriate displays
- Correlational relationships
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