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A-LevelPsychologyResearch methods9990/22 · May/June 2019 · Q51 Mark

Sometimes it is more appropriate to use one measure of central tendency than another. State one reason why it may be better to use the mean as a measure of central tendency than the mode.

  1. (a)State one reason why it may be better to use the mean as a measure of central tendency than the mode.[1]

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  1. [1] 1 mark for reason
  2. The mean takes (the value of) every score into account (so is more representative) = 1
  3. There might be two modes (which could be different from most of the rest of the data set) = 1
  4. There might not be a most common score (so no mode) = 1

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Topic
Research methods, A-Level Psychology (syllabus 9990). Structured question, 1 mark.
Source
A-Level Psychology, May/June 2019 Paper 2 Variant 2, question 5.

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