Psychology GCSE
Scatter diagrams
What Scatter diagrams means in Psychology GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Scatter diagrams
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Plot two continuous variables, such as sleep hours and test scores, to identify positive, negative, or zero correlations.
Topics that use Scatter diagrams
- Data analysis (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Correlational relationships
- Data distributions
- Descriptive statistics
- Estimating results
- Measures of central tendency
- Primary data
- Qualitative data
- Quantitative data
Using Scatter diagrams in the exam
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