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What is a distribution?

What is a distribution?

Three frequency distribution graphs comparing a normal distribution, a positively skewed distribution, and a negatively skewed distribution with mean, median, and mode labelled

A distribution is the overall pattern formed by a set of scores, showing how often each score occurs. Psychologists use distributions to see what is typical, how spread out the data are, and whether unusual scores are affecting the pattern.

Distributions Lesson

  1. A Level
  2. /Psychology
  3. /Distributions

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