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GCSE Psychology · key term
A numerical summary used to describe a set of results, for example its typical value or how spread out its values are.
Used by AQA and OCR
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Revise: Descriptive StatisticsDescriptive statistics summarise those results using numbers.
A numerical summary describing a feature of a dataset, such as its typical score or its spread.
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A numerical method used to summarise and describe a set of research data.
Revise: Descriptive StatisticsDescriptive statistics summarise the data collected in research. A long list of memory-test scores may be difficult to interpret, whereas an average quickly indicates a typical level of recall. Researchers also need to know how much participants’ scores vary: similar averages can hide very different patterns of results.
A numerical summary that describes a set of data, such as an average or a measure of spread.
