The Human Resources (HR) department at a software company wanted to assess employee satisfaction with a newly introduced remote-working policy. They decided to conduct a pilot study within the Customer Support department.
The HR team wanted to find out about employees' work-life balance and their feelings regarding communication with management. They also wanted to identify any areas of the remote-working policy that employees felt needed adjustments.
The HR team designed an online survey to collect this feedback. To ensure anonymity, employees were not required to provide their names or job titles when completing the survey. All employees in the Customer Support department completed the survey during a weekly team meeting.
Explain how not requiring employees to provide their names on the survey might have affected the results.
689 exam-style questions on AQA A Level Psychology Scientific processes. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.