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Practical Applications of Statistics in the Social SciencesResearch Question 3: GCSE Scores

Univariate analysis

In this section, you'll learn how to run a frequency statistic to check the values in a continuous variable, how to calculate means for that continuous variable, and how to graph continuous data.

Before we begin, please download the Youth Cohort Study of England and Wales (or YCS) from the UK Data Service website. This way, you'll be able to follow along with our analyses.

Instructions on how to locate and download the YCS are available here.

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