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What is raw data?

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= data that psychologists collect for each participant.

2
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What is the design of raw data recording tables?

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= includes right answers and the time taken to complete a task. Is not subjected to mathematical analysis.

3
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What is the use of raw data recording tables?

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= to get an overview of the data and to identify any anomalous data.

4
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What is standard form?

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= used when dealing with extremely large

e.g: 300,000 = 3 x 10^5 (3 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10)

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What is decimal form?

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= used once any analysis of data is carried out, whole numbers disappear, and decimal takes over.

e.g: median for ‘2, 3, 4, 5’ would be 3.5.

6
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What are significant figures?

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= used rather than writing a full number.

7
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When are estimations from data made?

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= if they didn’t have individual scores from a set of grouped data.