Psychology GCSE
Proportions within standard deviations
What Proportions within standard deviations means in Psychology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Proportions within standard deviations
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A known proportion of scores lies within given standard deviations of the mean, approximately 68% within one and about 95% within two.
Topics that use Proportions within standard deviations
- 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
- Histograms for continuous data
- Measures of central tendency
- Primary data
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