Quantitative data
What Quantitative data means in Psychology GCSE, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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Numerical data that can be counted, averaged and analysed statistically, for example scores on a rating scale or the number of seconds a task takes.
Numerical data that is easy to analyse statistically, elicited by closed-ended questions with fixed answers.
Numerical data that records amounts or scores, can be counted, averaged and put into graphs.
Numerical information that can be counted, measured, and statistically analysed.
Topics that use Quantitative data
- Data handling (AQA GCSE)
- Research methods (AQA GCSE)
- Data analysis (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Designing psychological research (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Qualitative data
- Alternative hypothesis
- Counterbalancing
- Dependent variable
- Extraneous variables
- Independent variable
- Measures of central tendency
- Null hypothesis
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